"His body rests in his plane on the bottom of the Japan Sea."
Son of W Marsh & Eureka "Dot" Lucas Gollner. Father of John Marsh Gollner.
Joseph H Gollner graguated from the Naval Academy, class of 1949. He went to Naval Flight School and was assigned to fly the Navy's AD-4 aircraft. Assigned to VF-54, flying from the USS Essex (CV-9) off the East Coast of Korea, he was killed in the line of duty shortly after takeoff on 11 Jan 1952. The Action Report from the Essex reports: "LTJG Gollner's plane departed at 1235 and after a normal takeoff, jettisioned 1-one thousand bomb then climbed abruptly to about 900 ft, made three shallow turns to the right, the last turn steepened into a nose down diving spiral. The plane sank immediately after striking the water. Two helicopters conducted a fruitless search for the pilot. No radio transmissions were received from the pilot at any time. Cause unknown."
Awards: Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, 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.
Son of W Marsh & Eureka "Dot" Lucas Gollner. Father of John Marsh Gollner.
Joseph H Gollner graguated from the Naval Academy, class of 1949. He went to Naval Flight School and was assigned to fly the Navy's AD-4 aircraft. Assigned to VF-54, flying from the USS Essex (CV-9) off the East Coast of Korea, he was killed in the line of duty shortly after takeoff on 11 Jan 1952. The Action Report from the Essex reports: "LTJG Gollner's plane departed at 1235 and after a normal takeoff, jettisioned 1-one thousand bomb then climbed abruptly to about 900 ft, made three shallow turns to the right, the last turn steepened into a nose down diving spiral. The plane sank immediately after striking the water. Two helicopters conducted a fruitless search for the pilot. No radio transmissions were received from the pilot at any time. Cause unknown."
Awards: Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, 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.
"His body rests in his plane on the bottom of the Japan Sea."
Son of W Marsh & Eureka "Dot" Lucas Gollner. Father of John Marsh Gollner.
Joseph H Gollner graguated from the Naval Academy, class of 1949. He went to Naval Flight School and was assigned to fly the Navy's AD-4 aircraft. Assigned to VF-54, flying from the USS Essex (CV-9) off the East Coast of Korea, he was killed in the line of duty shortly after takeoff on 11 Jan 1952. The Action Report from the Essex reports: "LTJG Gollner's plane departed at 1235 and after a normal takeoff, jettisioned 1-one thousand bomb then climbed abruptly to about 900 ft, made three shallow turns to the right, the last turn steepened into a nose down diving spiral. The plane sank immediately after striking the water. Two helicopters conducted a fruitless search for the pilot. No radio transmissions were received from the pilot at any time. Cause unknown."
Awards: Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, 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.
Son of W Marsh & Eureka "Dot" Lucas Gollner. Father of John Marsh Gollner.
Joseph H Gollner graguated from the Naval Academy, class of 1949. He went to Naval Flight School and was assigned to fly the Navy's AD-4 aircraft. Assigned to VF-54, flying from the USS Essex (CV-9) off the East Coast of Korea, he was killed in the line of duty shortly after takeoff on 11 Jan 1952. The Action Report from the Essex reports: "LTJG Gollner's plane departed at 1235 and after a normal takeoff, jettisioned 1-one thousand bomb then climbed abruptly to about 900 ft, made three shallow turns to the right, the last turn steepened into a nose down diving spiral. The plane sank immediately after striking the water. Two helicopters conducted a fruitless search for the pilot. No radio transmissions were received from the pilot at any time. Cause unknown."
Awards: Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, 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.
