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Joseph
S.
Hearn
POW (Korea)
December 10, 1918

–

February 12, 2008

Home:

Marshallville

, 

Georgia

Buried: 

Marshallville

, 

Georgia

Cemetery:

Marshallville City Cemetery

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Captain

    Batallion:

    371st Bombardment Squadron

    Regiment:

    307th Fighter-Bomber Wing

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (North Korea)

    Action Date:

    April 12, 1951 – September 4, 1953
    NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 – 10/6/1954

    Captain Joseph S. Hearn (AFSN: 0-664306), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 12 April 1951, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 4 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war.