- Branch of Service
- Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant
- Unit
- 5th Field Maintenance Squadron; 90th Field Maintenance Squadron
- Conflict / Era
- Korean War
- Years of Service
- 1951 – 1959
- Date of Birth
- 08/07/1931
- Date of Death
- 12/06/2007
- Hometown
- Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- National Defense Service Medal; Air Force Good Conduct Medal
- Burial Location
- Paris Twp: Oakdale
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section C
- Overseas Service
- Morocco
- Township (entering service)
- Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina
- Township (current / at death)
- Paris
- Church
- Shiloh Chapel Evangelical Friends Church
- School
- Greenville High School, North Carolina; Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio
- Record Authenticated
- No
Decorations
Biography
Overseas service: Morocco. Church: Shiloh Chapel Evangelical Friends Church. School: Greenville High School, North Carolina; Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio. Serial #AF14408084; first enlistment under birth name of Joseph Earl Blackburn on 06/20/1951, Fayetteville, North Carolina; honorably discharged 06/19/1955, Travis Air Force Base, California; re-enlisted under name of Joseph Earl Daugherty on 11/22/1955, Raleigh, North Carolina; honorably discharged 11/21/1959, Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas; promoted to Staff Sergeant 09/01/1957; served 1 year, 9 months, 2 days overseas service; served eight years total on active duty; life member of VFW Post #3320
Source: Veteran data form, DD-214 discharge papers, and photograph submitted by Annie Daugherty, wife; second discharge filed with Pitt County, North Carolina, Register & Deeds, Book 22, p. 162; obituary, Marysville Journal-Tribune, 12/2007