Evening star., 1951-01-04

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Two Soldiers Missing
A 22-year-old Washington jet
pilot, reported missing in flight
near Taegu September IA, was
killed in the crash of his F-80 on
a rocket run the same day, his
parents learned yesterday.
He was 1t. Irwin Warren May,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward w.
May of 4611 Davenport street
NV. The parents were notified
1t. May died when his plane
failed to clear a Korean mountain
after being damaged by enemy
fire.
In addition, two Washington
area soldiers are reported missing
in action on the ground in Korea
and a third is listed as injured
in the Defense Departments 1920
casualty list of the Korean war.
bucOIO EnIlSLeQ In 4S.
Reported missing are Pvt. Harry
B. Breeden, son of Mrs. Annie L.
Breeder, 1925 North Glebe road,
Arlington, and Pfc. Theodore j.
Bucolo, son of Mrs. Virginia A.
Bucolo, 1915 H street NE. Both
are Army infantrymen.
Radioed of Damage.
1t. May officially was listed as
missing September IA after he
radioed the leader of his flight,
the 9th Fighter Bomber Squadron
of the 5th Air Force, that the
compressor of his F-80-C was
damaged by enemy fire.
According to a letter to the
parents from Brig. Gen. E. H.
Underhill, acting director Of Air
Force military personnel, 1t. May
was near Taegu on a rocket and
straf1ng run. He released his last
rocket with his ship burning and
turned toward American lines,
climbing to over 800 feet to clear
nearby mountains. He was not
seen to bail out and his plane
crashed $50 feet from the top of
a Korean peak. the letter said.
1t. May was sent to Japan last
July and wrote he started COM
bat mission from Itazuke Air
Force Base in Japan August 8.
According to his letters, his
mother said, he was on his 38th
combat mission when his plane
crashed.
The Associated Press reported
on August 81 from Gen. Mac
Arthur's headquarters, that 1t.
May took part in a fighter sweep
against industrial installations
near Pyongyang
Born in Washington.
1t. May was born in Washing
ton, and was an only son. He
learned flying at the age of Is
at Congressional Airport and while
attending Wilson High School he
made scale models of aircraft for
the Government. He was gradu-
ated from Wilson in 1947.
He won pilots license at the
age of II and shortly thereafter
received his instructors. radio and
limited commercial licenses. He
won his Air Force wings at Will
liams Air Force Base, Arizona, in
July, 1949.
1t. May was member of the
National Baptist Memorial church,
here. Besides his parents, he is
survived by sister, Mrs. William
D. Warmack of 1924 Twenty
fourth street Sc.
Pfc. Bucolo is 18 years old. He |
enlisted in the Army a week after |
his 18th birthday in July, l949.
He was attending Stuart Junior
High School at the time and had
served in the National Guard
since he was Is.
No Word Since July.
His sister, Shirley Ann Bucolo,
said she and her mother had not
heard from Pfc. Bucolo since July.
when he left for Korea with the
23d Infantry Division.
Pvt. Breeden is a 35-year-old
veteran of two bitches in the
Army. He re-enlisted last August
after being discharged with four
years of service in 1945, and was
in Korea by November /. He
was attached to Battery D of
the 38th Field Artillery Battalion. |
The injured soldier is Army Pfc.
John w. Nickens, jr., son of John
w. Nickens, ST., who lives on the
grounds of the Virginia Theologi-
cal Seminary, Alexandria.
Letter Told of Wound.
Pfc. Nickens' brother, Horace
Nickens, 2145 South Oakland
street, Arlington, to whom the
Defense Departments notiflca-
tion was delivered, said the in
jured soldier is % and enlisted in
the Army last April. Before that
he served six years in the Navy,
the brother said, having enlisted
at the age of Is and being dis
charged in 1949.
The brother said Pfc. Nickens
wrote in a recent letter that he
had been shot in the leg and back
on November rs while with the
Sd Infantry Division. He was
taken to hospital in Japan.