KOREAN WAR PROJECT REMEMBRANCE

SSGT Carl James Dorsey

61st Troop Carrier Squadron
Air Force
Non-hostile, Aircraft Crash
Aircraft Type: C-119B
Aircraft Number: 49-123
Date Of Loss: June 3, 1951
Service Number: AF13300724
Born: January 2, 1925
Home Or Place Of Enlistment
Bangor, Pennsylvania
Location Or Battle Zone: South Korea
Town Or Area: Inje
Burial Location
Saint Vincent De Paul Cemetery, Portland, Pa

Comments: Staff Sergeant Dorsey was the engineer of a C-119B "Flying Boxcar" transport with the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group. On June 3, 1951, his aircraft was struck with debris from another C-119 that had been hit by friendly artillery fire. His plane crashed about three miles from Inje, North Korea, killing him and five crew members.

Final Disposition Date: June 22, 1951
Korean War Project Key No: 7830

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1925

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January 2, 1925

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SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL CEMETERY, PORTLAND, PA

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