The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Leroy Prestwich
Rank
Airman First Class, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
December 20, 1952
Airman First Class Prestwich was a member of Headquarters Squadron, 62nd Troop Carrier Group, 62nd Troop Carrier Wing. On December 20, 1952, he was a passenger on a C-124 Globemaster transport departing Larson Air Force Base, Grant, Washington. The aircraft crashed on takeoff. Ninety personnel on board perished.