Grubb, Peter Arthur
Air Force Captain

Peter Arthur Grubb from Southampton, New York, Suffolk county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: September 17, 1967
Death details:  On September 17, 1967, an RF-4C Phantom II (tail number 64-1037) carrying two crew members departed Tan Son Nhut airbase on a night photo reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam. During the mission, the aircraft disappeared from friendly radar tracking. This did not cause alarm, as radar contact was often lost on low-level flights in the target area. When the aircraft failed to return to base, a search of its flight path was initiated; however, no sign of the aircraft or its crew could be located.

First Lieutenant Peter Arthur Grubb, who joined the U.S. Air Force from New York, was a member of the 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. He was the navigator aboard this Phantom when it went missing, and was lost with the aircraft. His remains were never recovered. After the incident, the Air Force promoted 1st Lt Grubb to the rank of Major (Maj). Today, Major Grubb is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency