HONORED ON PANEL 25E, LINE 34 OF THE WALL
FRANCIS BARNES MIDNIGHT
WALL NAME
FRANCIS B MIDNIGHT
PANEL / LINE
25E/34
DATE OF BIRTH
CASUALTY PROVINCE
DATE OF CASUALTY
HOME OF RECORD
COUNTY OF RECORD
STATE
BRANCH OF SERVICE
RANK
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ASSOCIATED ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL
REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR FRANCIS BARNES MIDNIGHT
POSTED ON 9.26.2001
POSTED BY: Suzan Jones
Capt. Francis Midnight
I still have his bracelet and wear it. I never met him but I feel I know him after 30 years. Should his status ever change, his bracelet will be returned to the Vietnam Families so they can forward it on to his relatives. He is not forgotten.
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POSTED ON 8.24.2000
POSTED BY: CLAY MARSTON
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS TOP YOUNG UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PILOT WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE
CAPTAIN
FRANCIS BARNES MIDNIGHT
WAS A GRADUATE OF THE
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY
AT COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
IN THE CLASS OF 1964
WHO, UPON GRADUATION, WENT ON TO FLIGHT TRAINING
AT WEBB AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS, AND IT WAS NOT
LONG BEFORE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO SERVICE IN VIETNAM
ON AUGUST 23, 1967
HE WAS ASSIGNED A COMBAT MISSION OVER NORTH
VIETNAM AND WAS ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST
OF THE CITY OF DONG HOI IN QUANG BINH PROVINCE
WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY ENEMY FIRE AND CRASHED
SEARCH AND RESCUE FOUND NO SIGN OF HIM AND HE
WAS THEREFORE CLASSIFIED AS BEING
KILLED IN ACTION / BODY NOT RECOVERED
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE
FRANCIS BARNES MIDNIGHT
WAS A GRADUATE OF THE
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY
AT COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
IN THE CLASS OF 1964
WHO, UPON GRADUATION, WENT ON TO FLIGHT TRAINING
AT WEBB AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS, AND IT WAS NOT
LONG BEFORE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO SERVICE IN VIETNAM
ON AUGUST 23, 1967
HE WAS ASSIGNED A COMBAT MISSION OVER NORTH
VIETNAM AND WAS ABOUT FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST
OF THE CITY OF DONG HOI IN QUANG BINH PROVINCE
WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY ENEMY FIRE AND CRASHED
SEARCH AND RESCUE FOUND NO SIGN OF HIM AND HE
WAS THEREFORE CLASSIFIED AS BEING
KILLED IN ACTION / BODY NOT RECOVERED
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE
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