Wimbrow, Nutter Jerome III
Air Force Major

Nutter Jerome Wimbrow III, age 33, from Westminster, Maryland, Carroll county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Tuesday, December 26, 1972
Death details: On October 25, 1977, the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of Major Nutter Jerome Wimbrow III, missing from the Vietnam War.

Major Wimbrow entered the U.S. Air Force from Maryland and was a member of the 716th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 307th Bombardment Wing. On December 26, 1972, he was the electronic warfare officer aboard a B-52D Stratofortress (tail number 56-0674, call sign “Ebony 2”) on a bombing mission over North Vietnam. The aircraft was hit by enemy fire and crashed near Hanoi. Maj Wimbrow did not survive the incident and his remains were not recovered at the time. The Vietnamese government later repatriated a set of remains that U.S. analysts identified as those of Maj Wimbrow.
Cemetery: Dale Cemetery, Worcester County, Maryland

Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency