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The 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, enters Snuol, Cambodia, 4 May 1970.
The 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, enters Snuol, Cambodia, 4 May 1970. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Eric James Huberth.

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ERIC JAMES HUBERTH

Captain · U.S. Air Force

January 20, 1945 – May 13, 1970

Service record

Eric James Huberth, of Thousand Oaks, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 13, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10W · Line 33

Position of Panel 10W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Pilot (1115R)
Unit (as recorded)
480 TFS 12 TFW
Born
January 20, 1945
Home of record
Thousand Oaks, California (Ventura County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 13, 1970
Age
25
Country
Cambodia
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown
Remains
Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record

Context · from the records

What was happening

38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “480 TFS 12 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.

He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.

His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.

Also on Panel 10W, Line 33

Same unit, same day

From Thousand Oaks

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.