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ROBERT JOHN EDGAR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 21, 1943 – February 5, 1968
Service recordRobert John Edgar, of Nokomis, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on February 5, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Navigator (1535Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 14 TRS 432 TRW UDORN AB
- Born
- May 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Nokomis, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 5, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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.
Read the history
Also on Panel 37E, Line 35
- TIMOTHY JOHN DINEENPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- SOLOMON HUGHEY GODWINChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 5, 1968
- WAYNE LEONARD GOLONCorporal · February 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE GARY GRASSISpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
From Nokomis
- DAVID KEITH DEENSergeant · November 9, 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.