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Kendall Courtney Gedney
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Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade, U.S. Navy
Unit
51 FITRON
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Date of Death
March 9, 1953
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USNA Class of 1950, Lieutenant Junior Grade Gedney was the pilot of a F9F-5 Panther Jet fighter with Fighter Squadron 51, aboard the aircraft carrier USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45). On March 9, 1953, while on a combat mission of bombing enemy targets south of Wonsan, North Korea, his aircraft was struck by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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