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Date: 17 May 1968
Aircraft type: O-1F Bird Dog
Serial Number: 57-2980
Military Unit: 21 TASS, 504 TASG
Service: USAF
Home Base: Nha Trang
Name(s):
Maj Wilbur Arnold Skaar (KIA)

Maj Skaar was controlling an air strike on an enemy automatic weapons position 15 miles west of Kontum when he was killed. His Bird Dog (call sign Cider 3) was hit by ground fire and crashed before he could bail out to safety.

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