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Marshall Edwin Simonson
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
311 MAR FTR SQ 33 MAR AIR GP
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Date of Death
January 2, 1951
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First Lieutenant Simonson was the pilot of a F9F-2B Panther jet fighter with the Marine Fighter Squadron 311, Marine Air Group 33, 1st Marine Air Wing. On January 2, 1951, while on a combat mission of strafing enemy positions near Kaesong, Korea, his aircraft failed to pull out and crashed into a hill. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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