Joseph Samuel Pirruccello Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit602nd Special Operations Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromWright-Patterson AFB Ohio
Date of DeathDecember 8 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Pirruccello was a member of the 602nd Special Operations Squadron, Nakhom Phenom, Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. On December 8, 1968, he was the pilot of a Douglas Skyraider Attack Aircraft (A1-E) on a mission near Muong Song, Sam Neua Province, Laos. He aircraft was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.