TRIER, ROBERT DOUGLAS
Remains returned 10/14/82
Name: Robert Douglas Trier
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O3
Unit:
Date of Birth: 11 November 1933
Home City of Record: MEMPHIS TN
Date of Loss: 20 December 1965
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 212531 North 1070500 East
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F100F
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident: John Pitchford, returnee
Refno: 0216
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: POSS KIA RESISTING CAPTURE
Remains returned 10/14/82
CACCF CRASH/AIRCREW
No further information available at this time.
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Library of Congress files:
North Vietnam, pre-1975: DIA Evaluation of U.S. PW/MIA Information Provided
by [source]
Country: North Vietnam, pre-1975
Name: Robert D. Trier
Subjects: Crash site; Live sighting; Died captive; Remains; Quang Ninh
Province
Comments: Two downed U.S. airmen reportedly killed by villagers near Duong
Hoa district town in June 1968. Possible correlation to one of three
1965/1967 incidents.
Reel: 28
Source Number: 1349
Page: 7-12
Type of Document: Report
Date of Report: 00 00 00
Date of Information: 65 12 20
Originator: DIA
Category: Source Reports
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02/2020
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On October 26, 1982, the Central Identification Lab-Hawaii (CILHI,
now DPAA) identified the remains of Major Robert Douglas Trier,
missing from the Vietnam War.
Major Trier entered the U.S. Air Force from Tennessee and served
in the 17th Bombardment Wing. On December 20, 1965, he piloted
an F-100F Super Sabre on a combat mission over Quang Ninh
Province, North Vietnam. His aircraft went down during the
mission and he was killed; his remains could not be recovered at
the time. In 1982, his remains were returned to U.S. custody and
analysts were able to confirm the identification.
Major Trier 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.