Darden, Glen, Capt

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1951-1951, 27th Fighter Escort Wing

Service Years
1945 - 1951

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Texas

Year of Birth
1923

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Casualty Info

Home Town Houston	Last Address Itazuke AB, Japan

Casualty Date Mar 19, 1951
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Korea	Conflict Korean War
Location of Interment Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (VA) - San Antonio, Texas	Wall/Plot Coordinates Plot: PF, 0, 203

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1951, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	2014, Korean War Fallen

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1951-1951, 523rd Fighter Escort Squadron
	1951-1951, 27th Fighter Escort Wing

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1950-1953 Korean War

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1951-1951, F-84 Thunderjet

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Date:	19-MAR-1951
Time:
Type:	Republic F-84E Thunderjet
Owner/operator:	27th FS, USAF
Registration:
C/n / msn:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Yusil-li - North Korea
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Attached to 27th Ftr-Esc Gp. Hit by gnd fire, crash landed and exploded near Yulsil-li, Korea.

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

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=84332

Captain Darden was the pilot of a F-84E Thunderjet fighter with the 523rd Fighter Escort Squadron, 27th Fighter Escort Wing. March 19, 1951, while on a combat mission near Yulsil-li, Korea, crashed and exploded.
http://www.abmc.gov/search-korean-war-veterans-memorial-honor-roll/detail/Korea_7518#.U2VbLSgbFVU