The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Joseph Harold Kuney
Rank
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps
Unit
323 MAR ATK SQ 12 MAR AIR GP
Date of Death
March 26, 1952
Second Lieutenant Kuney was the pilot of a F4U-4B Corsair fighter with Marine Fighter Squadron 323, Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Air Wing. On March 26, 1952,while on a bomb mission near Sinwon, Korea, the blast of the bombs caused structural failure and his aircraft to crash inverted. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.