William Orlan Bare

Vietnam War
Unit16th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromOklahoma City Washington
Date of DeathJuly 27 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Bare was a member of the 16th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. On July 27, 1967, he was the weapons system officer of a McDonnell Phantom II Reconnaissance Fighter (RF-4C) flying 5 miles southwest of Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam when his aircraft crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.