John Frederick Barr

Vietnam War
UnitAttack Squadron 164
RankLieutenant Commander U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromHope Arkansas
Date of DeathOctober 18 1967
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lieutenant Commander Barr was a member of Attack Squadron 164, Carrier Air Wing 16. Unites States Navy aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA-34). On October 18, 1967, he the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4E) on a strike mission on Haiphong, North Vietnam when his aircraft was shot down. His remains were recovered on September 11, 1989 and identified on August 28, 1995. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.