Vernon A. Lindvig

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Lakota, ND

County:

Nelson

Date of Loss:

1950-06-28

Branch of Service:

Air Force

Rank:

1st Lieutenant

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:

339th All Weather Squadron

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:

35th Fighter Interceptor Wing

http://korean-war-casualties.findthedata.org/l/33974/Vernon-A-Lindvig

Circumstances:

Lost while returning from operations to cover Rheinholte in the Yellow Sea. His plane crashed in mountains short of the runway at Iwakuni during bad weather.