Rosenbach, Robert Page
Air Force Major

Robert Page Rosenbach, age 28, from Kirkwood, Missouri, St. Louis county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, March 5, 1970
Death details: Captain Robert Page Rosenbach entered the U.S. Air Force from Missouri and was a member of the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing. On March 5, 1970, he piloted a single-seat F-100D Super Sabre (tail number 56-3121, call sign “Litter 04”) as wingman in a flight of two on a night combat mission. He completed his bombing run without incident, although his radio transmitter was inoperable, and began his return to Tuy Hoa Air Base. On his return approach, he overshot the runway and traveled out over the South China Sea and was not seen again. “Litter 04” was last seen on radar in the vicinity of (GC) 49P CQ 266 578. The flight leader reported his last visual contact with Capt Rosenbach’s aircraft was about four miles from Tuy Hoa Air Base. Search efforts began immediately and continued through March 7 without success. Further attempts to locate Capt Rosenbach were unsuccessful. Subsequent to the incident, and while carried in the status of missing in action (MIA), the U.S. Air Force promoted Capt Rosenbach to the rank of Major (Maj). Today, Maj Rosenbach is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency