Cherry, Clarence Martin, SSgt

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Home Town Salem	Last Address Wolbong-ni, South Korea
Casualty Date Sep 09, 1950
Cause Hostile, Died while Missing	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Korea, South	Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 8

Staff Sergeant Cherry was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 325th Bomber

Squadron, 92nd Bomber Group. On September 9, 1950, while on a bombing mission, his aircraft was

hit by anti-aircraft fire and exploded mid-air near Wolbong-ni, South Korea. Five parachutes were seen.

He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on March 31, 1954. His name is inscribed

on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. ** Staff Sergeant Cherry was awarded the

Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense

Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation andthe Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

http://www.abmc.gov/search-korean-war-veterans-memorial-honor-roll/detail/Korea_5559#.U_fZZWOiVVU
 

Date:	09-SEP-1950
Time:
Type:	Boeing B-29A Superfortress
Owner/operator:	USAF
Registration:	44-62084
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 11
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	-
Phase:
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Attached to 92nd Bmb Gp. Hit by AAA, exploded in mid-air near Wolbong-ni, 5 chutes cleared the aircraft.

Sources:
http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/korea/reports/air/