Doby, Herb
Air Force Lieutenant Colonelonel
Herb Doby from Oregon City, Oregon, Clackamas county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, February 4, 1967
Death details: On November 7, 1977, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Lieutenant Colonel Herb Doby, missing from the Vietnam War.
Lieutenant Colonel Doby joined the U.S. Air Force from New Mexico and was a member of the 41st Reconnaissance Squadron. On February 4, 1967, he was one of six aboard an EB-66C Destroyer that went down in Bac Can Province, Vietnam. Three of the Destroyer’s crew survived the crash, were taken as prisoner of war, and eventually returned to duty. Lt Col Doby, along with the remaining two crew members, were killed in the incident. In 1977, the Vietnamese government returned several sets of human remains to U.S. custody, and Lt Col Doby was identified among them.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
I was a young girl in MN and we I remembered receiving a precious gift which I proudly displayed for years on my wrist. It was a silver bracelet with Lt Cor Herb Doby’s name on it. He was a POW. I prayed fir his return safely home. I understand his remains came home in 1977. I wore that wrist band for years until it broke off my arm. Prayers of comfort for his family. He was a nice looking, kind appearing man. Sorry for that loss