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Alexander
Beck
Padilla
POW (Korea) MIA
December 21, 1923

–

October 9, 1950

Home:

Tucson

, 

Arizona

Alexander Padilla is listed as Missing in Action, however after his aircraft was shot down, he was observed by other pilots to be alive on the ground, injured, and surrendering to enemy soldiers. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is believed to have died or been killed in captivity. His remains have never been recovered.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Captain

    Batallion:

    90th Bombardment Squadron

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Korean War)

    Action Date:

    October 9, 1950 – MIA In Captivity
    Air Force Manual No. 200-25, Department of the Air Force (January 16, 1961)

    Captain Alexander Beck Padilla (AFSN: AO-556092), United States Air Force, was held as a Prisoner of War after he was captured on 9 October 1950, during the Korean War. He was unaccounted for after the war and is presumed to have died or been killed while in captivity.