SSGT Joseph Fields
1933 – 1974
USAF
KOR
Joseph Fields was born August 17, 1933 in Evarts, Kentucky, to Elijah and May Dodson Fields.
Fields entered the U.S. Air Force on August 28, 1951, during the Korean War. After 14 years of active duty, he was discharged on August 27, 1965 as a Staff Sergeant.
In January, 1955, Fields married Patricia Bender in Cincinnati; they had three children. His second wife was Donna Mae Carlson with whom he raised two children in Carpentersville.
After he left the military, Fields was a Supervisor for JCPenney in Niles.
SSGT Joseph Fields died July 24, 1974, in Hines VA Hospital, and is buried in Barrington’s Evergreen Cemetery.
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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.