Jerome A. Volk, born March 17, 1925, attended Rufus King High School in Milwaukee and became the first Wisconsin Air National Guard pilot killed in the Korean Conflict. He enlisted, completed pilot training, and was commissioned during WWII, then joined the Wisconsin Air National Guard in 1949. In 1951 he was called to active duty with the 126th Fighter Squadron at Milwaukee. He was killed in action over Korea in an F-80 "Shooting Star" jet fighter on November 7, 1951, and was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart. In 1957 the State Legislature decreed that the training site be known as Volk Field in his honor.