PLANE CRASH IN KOREA FATAL TO COAST OFFICER
First Lt. Elmer Alexander, 25, U. S. Air Force, was killed in an airplane crash Feb. 8 in Korea, according to a telegram received Sunday by his wife, Mrs. Imogene O Connell Alexander, 2612 17th Ave., Gulfport. Lieutenant Alexander, born in Long Beach June 19, 1932, had been in service seven and a half years and had served in Lorea for 14 months,. He was scheduled to return to the United States in Just 27 days. Lieutenant Alexander received his pilot's training at Fort Sill, Okla., and Ft. Rucker, Ala. He had trained and served at numerous other posts during his service career before going to Korea. Lieutenant Alexander, son of Mrs. Norene Alexander, Long Beach, and the late John Alexander, was a graduate of Long Beach High School where he was a member of the football team. Other than his wife and mother, he is survived by two daughters, Carla and Teri Alexander, Gulfport, and three brothers, Mott, Larry and Albert Alexander, all of Long Beach. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but the body will be returned to the united States and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Gulfport.
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PLANE CRASH IN KOREA FATAL TO COAST OFFICER
First Lt. Elmer Alexander, 25, U. S. Air Force, was killed in an airplane crash Feb. 8 in Korea, according to a telegram received Sunday by his wife, Mrs. Imogene O Connell Alexander, 2612 17th Ave., Gulfport. Lieutenant Alexander, born in Long Beach June 19, 1932, had been in service seven and a half years and had served in Lorea for 14 months,. He was scheduled to return to the United States in Just 27 days. Lieutenant Alexander received his pilot's training at Fort Sill, Okla., and Ft. Rucker, Ala. He had trained and served at numerous other posts during his service career before going to Korea. Lieutenant Alexander, son of Mrs. Norene Alexander, Long Beach, and the late John Alexander, was a graduate of Long Beach High School where he was a member of the football team. Other than his wife and mother, he is survived by two daughters, Carla and Teri Alexander, Gulfport, and three brothers, Mott, Larry and Albert Alexander, all of Long Beach. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but the body will be returned to the united States and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Gulfport.
Obit supplied by Alice~aka~Nana (#46869773)
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