Adrian, Joseph Daniel, 1st Lt

POW/MIA

Service Photo

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

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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

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

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.