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ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 30, 1935 – July 24, 1965
Service recordRoscoe Henry Fobair, of Oxnard, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 24, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 47 TFS
- Born
- September 30, 1935
- Home of record
- Oxnard, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 43
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD GEIGERCaptain · July 23, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
From Oxnard
- STEVE WILSON PAGEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZSergeant · October 24, 1967
- RUSSELL MOLDENHAUERWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 1967
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.