STOW, LILBURN RAY
Name: Lilburn Ray Stow
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force /O4
Unit:
Date of Birth: 20 May 1929
Home City of Record: VICI OK
Date of Loss: 26 April 1968
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 161630 North 1071322 East
Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: C130B
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident: John McDaniel, Larry Todd, KIA/BNR
Refno: 1146
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: Ground Hit, 5 remains recovered
Thua Thien near Lao border 10 NW of A Shau
CACCF/CRASH/AIRCREW/16 YRS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE/THUA THIEN
No further information available at this time.
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Library of Congress files:
South Vietnam, pre-1975: FACTS/FINDINGS/STATUS/AFLC COMMENTS
Country: South Vietnam, pre-1975
Name: LILBURN ROY STOW
Subjects: Aircraft downed; Killed
Reel: 190
Page: 67
Type of Document: Miscellaneous
Date of Report: 00 00 00
Date of Information: 68 04 26
Category: Casualty files
post-1975 Vietnam: JCRC Refugee Report RP88-046, Hearsay of the Recovery of
the Alleged Remains and Dog Tag of American Serviceman Lilburn R. Stow
(Refno 1146-0-2)
Country: post-1975 Vietnam
Name: Lilburn R. Stow
Subjects: Dog tag; Remains; Ho Chi Minh Municipality; Grave site
Comments: JCRC report evaluation msg dtg 141925ZNov88; action record;
Biographic/Site Report as of 2 Oct 1986; Analyst's notes; and source data
sheets
Reel: 141
Source Number: 8094
Page: 1-11
Type of Document: Message
Date of Report: 88 06 01
Date of Information: 88 02 00
Document Number: 012210ZJun88
Originator: JCRC
Category: Source Reports
South Vietnam, pre-1975: ANALYSIS OF MATERIAL EVIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH REFNO
1146
Country: South Vietnam, pre-1975
Name: LILBURN ROY STOW
Subjects: Crash site
Reel: 190
Page: 62-63
Type of Document: Message
Date of Report: 92 10 27
Date of Information: 68 04 26
Document Number: 270822ZOCT92
Originator: JTF-FA
Category: Casualty files
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02/2020
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On April 26, 1968, a C-130B Hercules (tail number 60-0298) with a crew of eight carried out an air drop mission in Thua Thien-Hue Province, South Vietnam. During the mission, the Hercules was hit by enemy fire that damaged its tail section. The pilot attempted an emergency landing at A Luoi Airfield in Thua Thien-Hue Province. As the aircraft came in to land, the plane’s damaged tail section broke off, causing the Hercules to crash and explode. A number of eyewitnesses to the shootdown stated that it appeared that the crew was discharging cargo from the tail section prior to its separation from the fuselage. One observer on the ground said he saw something (possibly a person) leaping from the tail of the aircraft. Subsequent aerial observation of the crash site revealed no sign of survivors. The remains of five members of the aircraft’s crew were eventually recovered and identified; however, the other three crew members are still unaccounted for.
Major Lilburn Ray Stow, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Oklahoma, was a member of the 772nd Tactical Airlift Squadron. He was the aircraft commander of the Hercules when it went down, and was lost with the aircraft. His remains have not been recovered. Today, Major Stow is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
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