Joseph Lindsey Barr

Korean War
Service #AF11112298
Unit8 BOMB SQ 3 BOMB WING
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Date of DeathJune 7 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Distinguished Flying Cross
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Soldier’s Medal
United Nations Service Medal
For his leadership and valor, Staff Sergeant Barr was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Soldier's Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
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.