BRIDGER, BARRY BURTON

Name: Barry Burton Bridger
Rank/Branch: O3/United States Air Force
Unit: 497th TFS
Date of Birth: 16 July 1940
Home City of Record: Bladenboro NC
Date of Loss: 23 January 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 211000 North  1053700 East
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4C
Missions: 53

Other Personnel in Incident: David Gray, returnee

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. Updated 2023.

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Barry Bridger retired from the United States Air Force as a Lt. Col. He and
his wife Sheila reside in Kansas.

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http://missourianonline.com/news/university/2005/spring/0303/pow.php

University News

Former POW to speak of life lessons
by Marissa Ebeling
Chief Reporter
Posted March 2, 2005

....."Once you develop the proper attitude, mindset and heart you can do great
things," Deidra said. "My dad is the most amazing man I know."

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http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/01/air_force_veteran_to_talk_in_c.html

Former POW to talk in Carlisle about experiences at Hanoi Hilton

Published: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 4:18 PM

 By DAN MILLER, The Patriot-News
 
 
For the cost of donating one canned food item to Project Share, you can hear the story of a man who survived six years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam’s Hanoi Hilton. Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Barry Bridger will speak at the Carlisle Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27......

 

 
John J. Allen Jr. pay their respects duirng a POW/MIA Ceremony at Langley Air Force Base in 2014. Bridger will speak at the Freedom Celebration at ...

 

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