Adrian, Joseph Daniel, 1st Lt

POW/MIA

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Service Details

Last Rank
First Lieutenant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1115A-Pilot

Last AFSC Group
Aircrew

Primary Unit
1966-1967, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing

Service Years
1964 - 1967

Current Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New Jersey

Year of Birth
1942

This Military Service Page was created/owned by Gordon Adrian High-Family to remember Adrian, Joseph Daniel, 1st Lt.

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Contact Info

Home Town River Edge	Last Address Tuy Hoa AB
MIA Date Mar 12, 1967
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Phu Yen (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Memorial Coordinates 16E 067

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2023, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

1st Lt. Joseph D. Adrian was reported missing in action while on a night scramble mission in a flight of three F-100 aircraft on 12 March 1967. Lt. Adrian's aircraft (F-100D tail number 55-3611) was attempting to join the lead in a right turn when it was observed to continue the turn and disappear out of sight. The incident occurred approximately six miles off the end of the runway at Tuy Hoa offshore from Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam. He was listed as MIA.

This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii with another memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

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Notes/Links:

http://www.pownetwork.org/bios/a/a352.htm
http://thewall-usa.com/guest.asp?recid=313

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Service Photo	Current Photo	F-100	F-100
F-100	F-100	F-100	3550th Pilot Trainin...
F-100	308th FS	F-100	3552nd Pilot Trainin...
F-100

1966-1967, 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron

From Month/Year - / 1966	To Month/Year - / 1967
Unit 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron Unit Page
Rank First Lieutenant	AFSC/MOS Not Specified
Base, Station or City Tuy Hoa AB	State/Country Phu Yen (Vietnam)

Patch	308th Tactical Fighter Squadron Details

	Type Fighter
	Parent Unit Tactical Fighter Units	Strength Squadron
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019

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14 Members Also There at Same Time

308th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Niski, Leonard Edward, Maj, (1950-1967)	111	1115A	Major
Ellis, Melvin Rupert, Capt, (1952-1966)			Captain
Kanaar, Louis Kenneth, Capt, (1952-1966)			Captain
Cumiskey, James Lee, 1st Lt, (1964-1967)			First Lieutenant
Cumiskey, James Lee, 1st Lt, (1964-1967)			First Lieutenant
Camino, Charles, CMSgt, (1966-1988)	461	46190	Chief Master Sergeant
Higley, David, MSgt, (1962-1984)	431	43171C	Master Sergeant
Bilcik, Michael, CMSgt, (1958-1984)			Staff Sergeant
Caimano, Paul, SSgt, (1966-1970)	421	42153	Staff Sergeant
Hester, Michael, SSgt, (1966-1970)	431	43151C	Staff Sergeant
Straub, Paul, SSgt, (1966-1970)	462	46250	Staff Sergeant
Williams, Elva, SSgt, (1965-1968)	431	43151C	Staff Sergeant
McCarthy, Donald, Sgt, (1964-1968)	462	46250	Sergeant
Moxley, Michael, SSgt, (1965-1969)	00		Sergeant
Reilly, John, SSgt, (1966-1970)	431	43151C	Sergeant