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JOSEPH JOHN KARINS JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 21, 1938 – March 11, 1967
Service recordJoseph John Karins JR, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 11, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 60
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115E)
- Born
- April 21, 1938
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 11, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 60
- FRANCIS BRYANT CONCANNONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HUTTONSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- JAMES TOSHI KAJIWARASergeant · March 11, 1967
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.