Donald Richard Hubbs

Vietnam War
UnitAir Anti-Submarine Squadron 25
RankCommander U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromPalmyra New Jersey
Date of DeathMarch 17 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Commander Hubbs was a member of Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 25, Anti-Submarine Air Carrier Group 55 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS YORKTOWN (CVS-10). On March 17, 1968, he was the pilot of a Martin Tracker Anti-Submarine Aircraft (S-2E) on a night surveillance mission over North Vietnam coastal area of Vinh, when bad weather set in and contact was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.