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Home State
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Year of Birth
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Sgt D.L. Kimbrow (Skip)
to remember
Crocker, Charles William, Jr., SSgt.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Corvallis |
Last Address
Corvallis
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Casualty Date
Jun 01, 1951 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Captured |
Reason
Intentional Homicide |
Location
Korea |
Conflict
Korean War |
Location of Interment
Not Specified |
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Last Known Activity
Staff Sergeant Crocker was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber (# 44-86327) with the 343rd Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Wing, 5th Air Force, Yokota AB, Japan.
On 1 June 1951, while bombing a railroad bridge at Kwaksan, North Korea, his aircraft was attacked by MiGs setting its wing on fire. Some crewmen were able to parachute into enemy lines.
He was taken prisoner and died in that status.
He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on 31 January 1954.
Crew:
Capt. Jack M. Hobbie (POW/MIA)
SSgt. Charles W. Crocker, Jr. (POW/MIA)
Major Hugh P. Farler (POW/DWP Remains Recovered in Operation Glory)
Capt. Robert A. Frederick (POW Returned in Operation Big Switch)
SSgt. Melvin J. Hunt (KIA/Remains recovered, Operation Glory)
1st Lt. George M. Goodman (POW/MIA)
Sgt. Dean D. Kehr, Jr. (KIA/Remains recovered Operation Glory)
Capt. Joseph L. Korstjens (POW/MIA)
Capt. David L. Little (POW/RMC Operation Big Switch)
1st Lt. Wilbur J. Mueller (POW/MIA)
SSgt. James B. Mullins, Jr.(RMC Operation Big Switch)
A1C Irving Munroe(POW/MIA)
MSgt. Richard D. Seagoe (POW/MIA)
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Comments/Citation
Notes/Links:
http://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_project_remembrance.html
Gordon L. Rottman, Korean War Order of Battle: United Stares, United Nations and Communist Ground, Naval and Air Forces 1950-1953, Greenwood Publishing, 2002.
http://www.pyramidiers.com/history.shtml
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