STERLING, THOMAS JAMES
RIP - January 19, 2013
Name: Thomas James Sterling Branch/Rank: UNITED STATES AIR FORCE/O4 Unit: 357TFS Date of Birth: December 24, 1925 Home City of Record: AUSTIN TX Date of Loss: 19-April-67 Country of Loss: NORTH VIETNAM Loss Coordinates: 204100 North 1053200 East Status (in 1973): Category: Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F105F Missions: 23 Other Personnel in Incident: THOMAS MADISON, pilot, returnee Refno: |
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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. Updated by the P.O.W. NETWORK 2019 with information
from Justin Jackson-Mann.
REMARKS: 730304 RELEASED BY DRV
ALIVE IN 96/RET COL/WIFE BARBARA/LIVES FL
No further information available at this time.
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Library of Congress files:
VM: File on POW, Including Photograph
Country: VM
Name: Thomas J. Sterling
Subjects: Aircraft downed; Hoa Binh Province; PWC; Photograph
Comments: Includes Russian-language document.
Reel: 408
Volume: 4
Page: 49-50
Type of Document: Open Source
Date of Report: 67 04 19
Date of Information: 67 04 19
Category: CIA Files
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Tom lost his wife Dec 22, 2010. She had been ill for some time with heart problems.
Memorial Services will be in January.
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Tom Sterling joined his beautiful bride on January 19, 2013, following his death due to
congestive heart failure.