DAVID A. MCCOSKRIE, LTJG, USN
From USNA Virtual Memorial Hall
David McCoskrie '47
Lucky Bag
From the 1947 Lucky Bag:
Loss
From Find A Grave:
USNA Class of 1947, Lieutenant Junior Grade McCoskrie was the pilot of a F4U-5N Corsair night fighter with Composite Squadron 3, aboard the carrier USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45). On February 13, 1951, while on a night combat heckler mission near Yontae-ri, Korea, contact was lost and he was listed as Missing in Action. He was presumed dead on April 16, 1954.
Awarded: Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Class of 1947
David is one of 29 members of the Class of 1947 on Virtual Memorial Hall.
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