John Hunter Crews III

Vietnam War
Unit433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromAshville North Carolina
Date of DeathMay 22 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Notes
Captain Crews was a member of the 433rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On May 22, 1968, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a night armed reconnaissance mission along Route 137, near Dong Hoi, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. As the aircraft bombed a target of opportunity, it crashed in a fireball. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.