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Casualty Info
Home Town Sioux Falls, SD
Last Address Kimpo AB, South Korea
Casualty Date Oct 31, 1950
Cause MIA-Finding of Death
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Korea
Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Black Hills National Cemetery (VA) - Sturgis, South Dakota
Captain Roraus was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor with the 25th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Group. On October 22, 1950, while on a combat mission of strafing troop concentrations, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire north of Pyongyang, North Korea, crashed and burst into flames. Captain Roraus was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal. Source: WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings, Korean War Veterans Honor Roll, Ancestry.com
Captain Roraus' remains were recovered in or about 1955 via "Operation Glory." His remains were interred on August 15, 1955 at Black Hills National Cemetery, Section D Site 9. Source: U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006, Ancestry.com
