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First Name: Lester

Last Name: Page

Birthplace: USA

Gender: Male



Branch: Air Force (1947 - present)



Home of Record: San Diego, CA
Middle Name: Frank



Date of Birth: 11 November 1928

Date of Death: 06 January 1952 (Presumed)

MIA Date: 06 January 1952

Rank: First Lieutenant

Years Served:
Lester Frank Page

   
Engagements:
•  Korean War (1950 - 1953)

Biography:

First Lieutenant Page was the pilot of a F-86E Sabrejet fighter bomber with the 334th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 4th Fighter-Interceptor Group. On 6 January 1952, while on a combat mission, his flight of four F-86s was attacked by four MiG-15s. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on 31 December 1953. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

Page was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.



Honoree ID: 214165   Created by: MHOH

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