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THOMAS HUBERT WOLFE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 4, 1938 – June 28, 1966
Service recordThomas Hubert Wolfe, of Monett, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 28, 1966, in Laos, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 CSG TDY TO 23 TASS
- Born
- March 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Monett, Missouri (Barry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Laos
- 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
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1966. In June 1966, 595 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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 106
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- LELAND W ALBURY JRLance Corporal · June 29, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
From Monett
- HOWARD ANDREW THREETCorporal · May 6, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT BALLAYSergeant · May 12, 1970
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.