Staff Sergeant Cessna was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 30th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Wing. On June 10, 1952, after completing a bomb run, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire near a railroad bridge at Kwakson, North Korea, and contact was lost. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. Staff Sergeant Cessna was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission, Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission, Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Staff Sergeant Cessna was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 30th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Wing. On June 10, 1952, after completing a bomb run, the aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire near a railroad bridge at Kwakson, North Korea, and contact was lost. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on December 31, 1953. Staff Sergeant Cessna was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission, Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Source: American Battle Monuments Commission, Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
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Staff Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Korea
30th Bomber Squadron
19th Bomber Group (M)
Purple Heart
Air Medal
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