Vietnam War
Unit | Attack Squadron 164 |
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Rank | Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy |
Entered Service From | Hope Arkansas |
Date of Death | October 18 1967 |
Status | Recovered |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
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.