The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Blaine Edward Woodard
Rank
Aviation Electronics Man Second Class, U.S. Coast Guard
Date of Death
May 27, 1952
Aviation Electronics Man Second Class Woorward was a veteran of World War II. During the Korean War he was assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Station, Port Angeles, Washington. On May 27, 1952, he was a crewmember of a Coast Guard PBM-5G Mariner rescue aircraft making a water takeoff in the Strait of Juan de Fuca (Port Angeles, Washington). Moments after lifting off the water, the aircraft lost power and plunged into the water killing him, the co-pilot, a crewmember and an Air Force funeral escort.