Francis Jay McGouldrick Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit8th Tactical Bomber Squadron
RankColonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromNew Haven Connecticut
Date of DeathDecember 13 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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8th Tactical Bomber Squadron

Notes
Colonel McGouldrick was a member of the 8th Tactical Bomber Squadron. On December 13, 1968, he was the co-pilot of a Martin Canberra Bomber (B-57E) on a mission 30 miles southwest of Ban Karai Pass in Laos, when it struck a control C123 American aircraft. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. His remains have been recovered and identified.
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.