Francis L. Ready III

Korean War
RankEnsign U.S. Navy
Date of DeathApril 25 1951
National Defense Service Medal
Ensign Ready was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
Notes
Ensign Ready was a crew member of a Naval aircraft flying out of the Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida. On April 25, 1951, his aircraft struck a four-engine commercial transport enroute from Miami to Havana, Cuba. Four Naval crewman and 23 American civilians perished.