MOORBERG, MONTE LARUE

REMAINS  RETURNED  08/14/85

Name: Monte Larue Moorberg
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O3
Unit:
Date of Birth: 18 July 1939
Home City of Record: GRAND ISLAND NE
Date of Loss:  02 December 1966
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 211500 North  1053200 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F105D
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno: 0533

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. 2020

REMARKS:  PROB KIA  PIC PUBLISHED

Vinh Phu near Viet Tri railroad line

REMAINS  RETURNED  08/14/85

DISCOVERY CHANNEL/WINGS/SHOWED PHOTO ID 11/05/95

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CAPT MONTE LARUE MOORBERG

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On October 7, 1985, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Captain Monte Larue Moorberg, missing from the Vietnam War.

Captain Moorberg entered the U.S. Air Force from Nebraska and served with the 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron. On December 2, 1966, he piloted an F-105D Thunderchief (tail number 59-1820, call sign "Cactus 01") on a strike mission against the Phuc Yen petroleum products storage area in Vinh Phu Province, North Vietnam. While flying in the target area, the aircraft caught fire for unknown reasons, broke apart, and crashed, killing Capt Moorberg. A strong enemy presence in the area prevented the recovery of his remains at the time. In 1985, the Vietnamese government repatriated human remains correlating to this loss, and U.S. investigators were able to identify Capt Moorberg from those remains.

Captain Moorberg is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

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