Evening star., 1952-12-23
Memorial Rites Set
Al Larson Air Base for
81 GIs Killed in Crash
BY the Associoted Press

bY fhe ASSccI0Ieo FTeSS
MOSES LAKE, Wash. Dec. %.
Memorial rites were scheduled
at nearby Larson Air Force Base
today for the 81 servicemen who
died Saturday in aviation's worst
disaster.
The services were arranged I'M
both Protestant and Catholic
chapels only few hours after a.
35-man investigating board ended
long night session.
The giant four-engined C-124I
Globemaster, largest in military
use. crashed and burned Just after
taking off from Larson Field.
Aboard were 104 passengers home
ward bound on Christmas leave
and IL crewmen.
Identification Continues.
The gruesome task of Identify
ing the dead went on. DentalI
work often was the only means.
A number of members of Con-
gresS and officials outside of Gov
ernment have called for a pene-
trating inquiry into the 10 military
plane crashes since November n
around the North Pacific rim.
They have cost 298 lives.
The latest suggestion came from
Senator Hunt. Democrat, of Wy
oming. who said in Washington
last night he would ask the Air
Force to consider establishing al
corps of career master mechanics
to maintain Air Force planes.
The death list rose to 81 when
NJ Sergt. Wendell L. Burton of
Temple. Okla, died last night at
Brooke Army Hospital, San An
tonic, Tex, where he was flown
with eight others vino survived
Before he lapsed into uncon-
sciousness, Sergt. Burton. flight
engineer. said nothing on the dials
indicated anything wrong with
the huge plane.
Others Show Progress.
At Madigan General Hospital,
near Tacoma, Wash, six survivors
showed progress. although two
were still in serious condition.
One. Master Sergt. Hoyt Green.
Columbus. Ga. had been released
from Madigan only "a hours be-
fore the crash after a months
stay.
But he was not sad over the
ironic round trip that brought
him back to his hospital bed.
I'm alive" he said. And that's
luck enough. I'll never forget the
screams of some of those fellows
trapped in the Wreckage as the
flames reached them. 1t was
awful. - His voice trailed off
Seven More Names Revealed.
Yesterday afternoon the Air
Force added six more names to
the list of dead. They are:
Second 1t. Donald H. Clayton,
Dorchester, S. C.
s/Sergt. Richard G. Gidham,
Morenci Mich.
Airman 1Ic Charles E. Phillips,
Florence. Ala.
Airman &c Clark H. Taft, Pa
tuXent River, Md.
Airman &c J. w. Allen. Silver
Creek, Ga.
Airman &c Percy j. Develle,
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Airman 1/c Ernest w. Gomillion,
Columbia, S. c.
More Victims Identified.
The Air Force today identified
the following additional Air Force
men:
Airman &c Kenneth R. Bacot.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry G..
Bacot, Oklahoma City, Okla.
S Sergt. Thomas R. Dehart, son
of Mrs. Roxie H. Dehart, Narrows.
Va.
Airman &c Zachariah Gather,
son of Mrs. Lizzie J. Gather,
Charlotte, N. c.
Airman &c Jewel D. Gratham,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph B.
Graham, Bush. La.
Airman 1fc Bobby H. Lee Hy-
man. son of Semual Hyman, Will
son, N. c.
Airman 1c Robert NJ. Jacobs,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James ia
cobs, Burbank, Calf.
Airman c Alvin C. Jared, son
of MI. and Mrs. Lee P. Jared,
Baxter. Tenn.
S Sergt. John Fulton Mcbride,
brother of Mrs. Gladys B. Keel,
McMinnville, Tenn.
Airman &c Joseph E. Quinn,
emergency address unknown.
Airman 3 C John C. Ross, son
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