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JOSEPH CHESTER BORS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
April 20, 1935 – April 28, 1968
Service recordJoseph Chester Bors, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 34
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Navigator (1535R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 16 TRS TAN SON NHUT AB
- Born
- April 20, 1935
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 28, 1968
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 52E, Line 34
- LARRY CHARLES BOLYARDFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE BRYANStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS CAINPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- COYTE DAVID CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 1967
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.