Joyce Merlin Dorsey

Korean War
Service #AF17167105
Unit3 BOMB SQ 3 BOMB GP
RankTechnical Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Entered Service From Kansas
Date of DeathOctober 3 1950
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
8
Air Medal
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Technical Sergeant Dorsey was awarded the Air Medal with 8 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

Technical Sergeant Dorsey was the tail gunner of a B-26B Invader bomber with the 8th Bomber Squadron, 3rd Bomber Group. On October 3, 1950, while on a night intruder mission, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed one mile north of Hangju, North Korea.