The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Joseph Lindsey Barr
Rank
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
8 BOMB SQ 3 BOMB WING
Date of Death
June 7, 1951
Staff Sergeant Barr was the tail gunner of a B-26C with the 8th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Wing based at Kunsan Air Force Base (K-8), Korea. On June 7, 1951, while on a night intruder mission to attack a highway between Pyongyang and Sariwon, contact was lost with the aircraft. He was listed as Missing in Action and was presumed dead on January 31, 1954. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.