Robert John Edgar

Vietnam War
Unit14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromNokomis Florida
Date of DeathFebruary 5 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
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Notes
Captain Edgar was a member of the 14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Udorn Airfield, Thailand. On February 5, 1968, he was the navigator of a McDonnell Phantom II Reconnaissance Fighter (RF-4C) on a mission two miles east Napank Village, Khammouan Province, Laos when his aircraft crashed and burned. His remains were recovered on May 27, 1997 and identified on April 28, 2009. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.