Joseph Peter Fanning

Vietnam War
Unit606th Special Operations Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromLong Island City New York
Date of DeathDecember 13 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Fanning was a member of the 606th Air Commando Squadron, Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Airfield, Thailand. On December 13, 1968, he was the co-pilot of a Fairchild Provider Cargo Aircraft (C-123K) on a night mission along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. About 30 miles southwest of the Ban Karai Pass a B-52 bomber struck the C-132, causing it to crash. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.