Thomas Edward Knebel

Vietnam War
Unit374th Field Maintenance Squadron
RankSenior Master Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromMidway Arkansas
Date of DeathMay 22 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Senior Master Sergeant Knebel was a member of the 374th Field Maintenance Squadron. On May 22, 1968, he was a passenger on a Lockheed Hercules Transport Aircraft (C-130A) on a mission near Muong Nong, Savannakhet Province, Laos. Radio contact was lost. His remains were recovered on May 9, 2002 and identified on March 13, 2009. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
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