Robert Alan Rex

Vietnam War
Unit357th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromRandolph Utah
Date of DeathDecember 8 1968
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Rex was a member of the 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Takhli Royal Air Force Base. Thailand. On December 8, 1968, he was on a strike mission over Laos. As the aircraft dove on its target, it failed to release its ordnance or pull out of its dive. His remains were recovered on April 25, 1994 and identified on July 1, 1996. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.