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Ens. Arthur Wesly Hanton Jr.

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Ens. Arthur Wesly Hanton Jr.

Birth
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Death
10 Aug 1950 (aged 24)
North Korea
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot
Section 3 Site 2197-A
Memorial ID
45827891 View Source
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Ensign Hanton was a pilot of a F4U-4B Corsair fighter bomber with Fighter Squadron 54 aboard the carrier U.S.S. Valley Forge (CV-45).

He is noted as being from Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. However his tombstone notes "New York". He also has notes at Delaware State Archives as being from New Castle County, Delaware. I've been unable to determine why.

While on a reconnaissance mission near Chonui, Korea, his aircraft crashed and burned.

There is some evidence that he became a POW and was killed while captured. Arthur was awarded a Purple Heart.

Service Number 496961

( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )

Ensign Hanton was a pilot of a F4U-4B Corsair fighter bomber with Fighter Squadron 54 aboard the carrier U.S.S. Valley Forge (CV-45).

He is noted as being from Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. However his tombstone notes "New York". He also has notes at Delaware State Archives as being from New Castle County, Delaware. I've been unable to determine why.

While on a reconnaissance mission near Chonui, Korea, his aircraft crashed and burned.

There is some evidence that he became a POW and was killed while captured. Arthur was awarded a Purple Heart.

Service Number 496961

( Bio & Family Link by: Russ Pickett )

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