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WILBUR THOMAS STAIR
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 20, 1929 – January 25, 1967
Service recordWilbur Thomas Stair, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 25, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 77
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 20, 1929
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 77
- GEORGE EDWARD JONES JRTechnical Sergeant · January 25, 1967
- CRAIG STEPHEN SHELTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1967
- FREDERICK AUGUSTAS SIMSPetty Officer First Class · January 25, 1967
- FRANK J SOMERSStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1967
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- DAVID PAUL OPLINGERSergeant · June 16, 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.