The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
John B. Wilcox
Rank
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
June 18, 1953
Staff Sergeant Wilcox was a member of Headquarters Squadron, 8th Fighter Bomber Wing, U.S. Air Force. On June 18, 1953, he was a passenger on a C-124A Globemaster transport traveling from Tachikawa Air Base, Japan to Korea. He was killed when the aircraft crashed about three miles from Tachikawa.