John Culbertson Egger Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit20th Tactical Air Support Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromTulsa Oklahoma
Date of DeathNovember 3 1967
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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20th Tactical Air Support Squadron
Notes
Major Egger was a member of the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron. On November 3, 1967, he was an observer in a Cessna Skymaster Observation Aircraft (O-2A) on a mission over North Vietnam, when his aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on February 7, 1994 and identified on August 15, 1994. 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.