The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Franz E. Nelson
Rank
Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
May 7, 1954
Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class Nelson was the Ordnance man of a Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 23, based at Naval Air Station New Brunswick, Maine. On May 7, 1954, the squadron was participating in Exercise ASDEVEX 1-54 from Windsor Field, Nassau. Shortly after takeoff, it crashed into the ocean killing 10 crewmen.