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David Porter Barnes
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Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Air Force
Unit
522 FTR ESCORT SQ 27 FTR ESCORT GP
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Date of Death
June 20, 1951
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USMA Class of 1949, First Lieutenant Barnes was the pilot of a F-84E Thunderjet fighter with the 522nd Fighter-Escort Squadron, 27th Fighter-Escort Wing. On April 22, 1951, while on a combat mission near Kumwha, Korea, his aircraft received a direct hit by anti-aircraft fire, and he bailed out safely. He was taken Prisoner of War and died as a prisoner on June 20, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial. |
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