Ensign John James Knight Jr. in uniform at NATC Corpus Christi
After flight training, he was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (USMC) as a 2nd Lieutenant with serial number O-024932 and assigned to Marine Fighting Squadron 215 (VMF-215) "Fighting Corsairs". On January 14, 1944 pilot F4U Corsair 17722 and lost on a mission and became a Prisoner Of War (POW) died in captivity and remains listed as Missing In Action (MIA).
Credit: USN, NATC Corpus Christi Yearbook Date: 1943
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