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HAROLD BENTON LINEBERGER
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 19, 1934 – January 29, 1971
Service recordHarold Benton Lineberger, of Austin, Texas, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 29, 1971, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 67
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
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Flight Training Instructor (1355G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 23 TASS
- Born
- September 19, 1934
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 29, 1971
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
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 5W, Line 67
- DEAN ALLEN HARRISPrivate First Class · January 28, 1971
- RONALD MICHAEL RIGDONPrivate · January 28, 1971
- ARTHUR ALBERT SMITHSergeant · January 28, 1971
- MICHAEL EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · January 28, 1971
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.