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JOSEPH BARNETT FEARNO
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 17, 1932 – March 21, 1966
Service recordJoseph Barnett Fearno, of Coolidge, Kansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 21, 1966, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 30
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 17, 1932
- Home of record
- Coolidge, Kansas (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 30
- RONNIE EDWARD CONNACHERLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- ALLAN LADD ELMOREPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS BERNARD FLOODLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY FRANKLINPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.