Jack Wilton Weatherby

Vietnam War
Unit45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromFt. Worth Texas
Date of DeathJuly 29 1965
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
Notes
Captain Weatherby was a member of the 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. On July 29, 1965, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Voodoo Reconnaissance Fighter (RF-101C) on a mission over North Vietnam, when his aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on August 27, 1978 and identified on September 11, 1978. 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.