Robert Austin Stubberfield

Vietnam War
Unit45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
RankLieutenant Colonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromRichmond North Carolina
Date of DeathMay 6 1965
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
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Notes
Lieutenant Colonel Stubberfield was a member of the 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. On May 6, 1965, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Voodoo Reconnaissance Fighter (RF-101C) on a reconnaissance of the Demilitarized Zone, when his aircraft was shot down just west of Vinh Linh, North Vietnam. His remains were recovered on December 15, 1988 and identified on June 27, 1989. His name is 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.