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Mary Eleanor Liljegreen
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Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
September 19, 1950
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Liljegreen served as a nurse with the U.S. Navy. She was enroute to Tokyo to aid the Korean wounded. On September 19, 1950, she was a passenger of a C-54 Skymaster transport from Kwajalein to Japan. The aircraft crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff killing all 26 Naval personnel on board. |
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