The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Marsel Ray Thompson
Rank
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
December 20, 1952
Second Lieutenant Thompson was a member of the 62nd Maintenance Squadron, 62nd Troop Carrier Wing. On December 20, 1952, He was a passenger aboard a C-124 Globemaster transport departing Larson Air Force Base, Grant, Washington. The aircraft crashed on take off. Ninety personnel on board perished.