EGGER, JOHN CULBERTSON JR.
REMAINS IDENTIFIED 15 AUG 94
Name: John Culbertson Egger Jr.
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O4
Unit:
Date of Birth: 09 November 1929
Home City of Record: TULSA OK
Date of Loss: 03 November 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam/Over Water
Loss Coordinates: 170604 North 1070549 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: O2A
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno: 0890
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File.
REMARKS: CACCF/CRASH/AIRCREW/14 YRS United States Air Force
REMAINS IDENTIFIED 15 AUG 94
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01/2020
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On August 15, 1994, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting (JTF-FA,
now DPAA) identified the remains of Major John Culbertson Egger
Jr., missing from the Vietnam War.
Major Egger entered the U.S. Air Force from Oklahoma and served
with the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron. On November 3,
1967, he piloted an O-2A Skymaster (serial number 67-21328) on a
combat mission over the Gulf of Tonkin off North Vietnam's
coast. During the mission, the Skymaster was shot down by enemy
anti-aircraft artillery, killing Maj Egger. Search and rescue
efforts following the crash were unsuccessful. In 1994, a joint
U.S./Vietnamese investigative team recovered a set of remains
that analysts later identified as those of Maj Egger.
Major Egger is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
If you are a family member of this serviceman, you may contact your casualty office representative to learn more about your service member.