- SURNAME
Birch
- FORENAME
Joel Ray
- UNIT
16 Special Operations Squadron (8 T.F. Wing)
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
304360614
- DATE OF DEATH
21st December 1972
- AGE
36
- GRAVESITE
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Section 66 Site 1669
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Phoenix, Arizona
born 20.1.1936
father Lawrence Birch
mother Velma G. Birch
wife Betty L. Birch
3 sons (Joel Jr, Charles & Gregory) , 2 daughters (Elizabeth & Victoria)
graduated Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina
Masters degree from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
electronic warfare officer
navigator/sensor operator (AC-130A Spectre gunship 56-0490)
KIA Pakse, Laos
12 years service
remains recovered 1985
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. Panel 01W Line 97
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