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WILMER NEWLIN GRUBB
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 14, 1932 – January 26, 1966
Service recordWilmer Newlin Grubb, of Aldan, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 26, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 97
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1323D)
- Born
- August 14, 1932
- Home of record
- Aldan, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 26, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1966. In January 1966, 401 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.
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 4E, Line 97
- GEORGE B FORDPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- ELVIS GORMEN HICKSSergeant · January 26, 1966
- LESSAINT PETER HUDSONPrivate · January 26, 1966
- STEVEN THURLOW JEWELLSpecialist Four · January 26, 1966
From Aldan
- CARY FRANK RUNDLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
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.