Stephen Howard Cuthbert

Vietnam War
Unit13th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromOakland California
Date of DeathJuly 3 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Cuthbert was a member of the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing. On July 3, 1972, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4E) on a mission 70 miles northwest of Dong Hoi, North Vietnam, where his aircraft was shot down by hostile fire. His remains were recovered on September 13, 1990 and identified on December 17, 1990. 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.