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JOSEPH DANIEL ADRIAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
August 2, 1942 – March 12, 1967
Service recordJoseph Daniel Adrian, of River Edge, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 12, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 308 TAC FTR SQ
- Born
- August 2, 1942
- Home of record
- River Edge, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 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 16E, Line 67
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- HARLAND GENE CLAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- NILS ARDEN DRENNENPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 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.