James Eugene Steadman
Captain, U.S. Air Force
497th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service From: Ft. Collins, Colorado
Date of Birth: February 18, 1945
Date of Death: November 26, 1971
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Captain Steadman was a member of the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On November 26, 1971, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a mission out of Thailand. As the aircraft crossed the Laotian border into Savannakhet Province, radio contact was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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1Lt. Robert D. Beutel flew backseater for Capt. James E. Steadman on an F4D Phantom jet assigned to the 497th TFS at Ubon, Thailand. On November 26, 1971, the two were flying a mission out of Thailand and over Laos. Just inside Laos, in Savannakhet Province, their plane disappeared. No one knew for sure if it was hit, or had mechanical trouble - it just
vanished. No remains or wreckage of the plane was ever found.
Bob Beutel and Jim Steadman were declared Missing in action. The Air Force maintained them that classification for 7 years, and then declared them dead, because there was "no evidence" to believe they were alive. There was also no evidence that the two were dead.
Captain, U.S. Air Force
497th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service From: Ft. Collins, Colorado
Date of Birth: February 18, 1945
Date of Death: November 26, 1971
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Captain Steadman was a member of the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On November 26, 1971, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a mission out of Thailand. As the aircraft crossed the Laotian border into Savannakhet Province, radio contact was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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1Lt. Robert D. Beutel flew backseater for Capt. James E. Steadman on an F4D Phantom jet assigned to the 497th TFS at Ubon, Thailand. On November 26, 1971, the two were flying a mission out of Thailand and over Laos. Just inside Laos, in Savannakhet Province, their plane disappeared. No one knew for sure if it was hit, or had mechanical trouble - it just
vanished. No remains or wreckage of the plane was ever found.
Bob Beutel and Jim Steadman were declared Missing in action. The Air Force maintained them that classification for 7 years, and then declared them dead, because there was "no evidence" to believe they were alive. There was also no evidence that the two were dead.
James Eugene Steadman
Captain, U.S. Air Force
497th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service From: Ft. Collins, Colorado
Date of Birth: February 18, 1945
Date of Death: November 26, 1971
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Captain Steadman was a member of the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On November 26, 1971, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a mission out of Thailand. As the aircraft crossed the Laotian border into Savannakhet Province, radio contact was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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1Lt. Robert D. Beutel flew backseater for Capt. James E. Steadman on an F4D Phantom jet assigned to the 497th TFS at Ubon, Thailand. On November 26, 1971, the two were flying a mission out of Thailand and over Laos. Just inside Laos, in Savannakhet Province, their plane disappeared. No one knew for sure if it was hit, or had mechanical trouble - it just
vanished. No remains or wreckage of the plane was ever found.
Bob Beutel and Jim Steadman were declared Missing in action. The Air Force maintained them that classification for 7 years, and then declared them dead, because there was "no evidence" to believe they were alive. There was also no evidence that the two were dead.
Captain, U.S. Air Force
497th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Entered the Service From: Ft. Collins, Colorado
Date of Birth: February 18, 1945
Date of Death: November 26, 1971
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court A
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Captain Steadman was a member of the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On November 26, 1971, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a mission out of Thailand. As the aircraft crossed the Laotian border into Savannakhet Province, radio contact was lost. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
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1Lt. Robert D. Beutel flew backseater for Capt. James E. Steadman on an F4D Phantom jet assigned to the 497th TFS at Ubon, Thailand. On November 26, 1971, the two were flying a mission out of Thailand and over Laos. Just inside Laos, in Savannakhet Province, their plane disappeared. No one knew for sure if it was hit, or had mechanical trouble - it just
vanished. No remains or wreckage of the plane was ever found.
Bob Beutel and Jim Steadman were declared Missing in action. The Air Force maintained them that classification for 7 years, and then declared them dead, because there was "no evidence" to believe they were alive. There was also no evidence that the two were dead.
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