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:

     
Official pre-capture photo    

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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.

Barbara Jo Stephens Sterling
 
October 30,1927-December 22, 2010
 
The Sterling Family Requests Your Presence
 
Saturday January 8, 2011,
2:00 PM

 
Shalimar Baptist Church
17 Fourth Avenue
Shalimar, Florida

 
Memorial Service in the Sanctuary
 
Immediately Followed by a Reception in the Fellowship Hall

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Tom Sterling joined his beautiful bride on January 19, 2013, following his death due to
congestive heart failure.

Visitation will be held at Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel on Scenic Hwy in Pensacola on
January 31st from 5-7 pm. The funeral will be held on February 4th at 1:15 pm at Barrancas
National Cemetery on board NAS Pensacola.

 

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