Orvis Roger Mee

Korean War
Service #3002993
Unit50 PATRON
RankAviation Machinist's Mate First Class U.S. Navy
Date of DeathNovember 10 1953
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
American Campaign Medal
Combat Action Ribbon (Navy)
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class Mee was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Gold Stars, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
Notes
Aviation Machinist's Mate First Class Mee was a veteran of World War II. In Korea, he was a crew member of a PBM-5S2 Mariner patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 50. On November 10, 1953, the aircraft was enroute to patrol duty over the Yellow Sea when it crashed off Cheju Island, South Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.