Name:
Ltc Roscoe Henry Fobair

Birth Date:
30 Sep 1935 SD

Death Date:
24 Jul 1965

Death Place:
Vietnam

Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial

Burial or Cremation Place:
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States of America

Has Bio?:
Y

Father:
Roscoe Henry Fobair 1886- 1937

Mother:
Annette Fobair nee Anderson 1899-1897

URL:
https://www.findagrave.com/mem...



Lieutenant Colonel Fobair was living in Oxnard, CA when he entered the service and was a member of the 836th Air Division.

On July 24, 1965, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4C) on a mission 40 miles east-northeast of Hanoi, Vinh Phu Province, North Vietnam when he was shot down.

His remains were recovered on January 16, 1998 and identified on January 25, 2001.

His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.





Name:
Roscoe Henry Fobair

Birth Date:
30 Sep 1935

Death Date:
24 Jul 1965

Gender:
Male

Age:
29

Race:
Caucasian (White)

Home City:
Oxnard

Home State:
California

Religion:
Methodist (also Evangelical United Brethren)

Marital status:
Married (Spouse Listed) (Married)

SSN/Service #:
557401849

Citizen Status:
U.S.

Death Date:
24 Jul 1965

Processed Date:
Apr 1973

Casualty Country:
North Vietnam

Casualty Type:
Hostile - Died While Missing

Casualty Reason:
Aircraft Loss/Crash Not at Sea

Casualty Air:
Fixed Wing Air Casualty - Pilot

Body Status:
Body Not Recovered

Service Branch:
Department of the Air Force

Component:
Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG)

Military Grade:
Lieutenant Colonel

Pay Grade:
Major (U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps) or Lieutenant Commander (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)

Province:
NZ

Data Source:
Combat Area Casualties Current File