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Allen Ward Ruggles
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Rank
Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
161 MAR HELI TRANS SQ
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Date of Death
February 12, 1953
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Captain Ruggles was the pilot of a HRS-1 Sikorski Helicopter with Marine Helicopter Transportation Squadron 161, 1st Marine Division. On February 12, 1953, during a rendezvous with an aircraft carrier 25 miles south of Pusan, South Korea, his helicopter crashed into the ocean. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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