Captain Alan Robert Trent

Capt. Alan Robert Trent

Find A Grave Memorial ID # 157572500

Name: Allan Robert Trent
Age: 9
Birth Date: about 1941
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Ohio
Marital Status: Never Married (Single)
Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, USA
Street Name: Grandview
House Number: 173
Dwelling Number: 273
Farm: No
Acres: No
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Dudley R Trent 37 Head
Maxine H Trent 35 Wife
Allan R Trent 9 Son
Dennis R Trent 7 Son
Janice E Trent 5 Daughter

1950 United States Federal Census

United States Air Force
Date of Birth: May 22, 1940
Education: Attended Wadsworth High School and the U.S. Air Force Academy (Class of 1964)
Home of Record: Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio
Entered Service: May 1966
Served with 480th Attack Fighter Squadron, United States Air Force Command, Vietnam.
Died in Cambodia, May 13, 1970.
Awarded: The Purple Heart, Air Force Pilot Wings, National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal.

Name: Alan Robert Trent
Birth Date: 22 May 1940
Death Date: 13 May 1970
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Race: Caucasian (White)
Home City: Wadsworth
Home State: Ohio
Religion: Protestant, No Denominational Preference
Marital Status: Single
SSN/Service #:29632XXXX
Citizen Status: U.S.
Death Date: 13 May 1970
Processed Date: Nov 1973
Casualty Country: Cambodia
Casualty Type: Hostile - Died While Missing
Casualty Reason: Aircraft Loss/Crash Not at Sea
Casualty Air: Fixed Wing Air Casualty - Other Aircrew
Body Status: Body Not Recovered
Service Branch: Department of the Air Force
Component: Regular (RA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG)
Military Grade: Captain
Pay Grade: Captain
Service Occupation: Pilot, Tactical Fighter F-110 (USAF)
Data Source: Combat Area Casualties Current File

SYNOPSIS: The Phantom, used by Air Force, Marine and Navy air wings, served a multitude of functions including fighter-bomber and interceptor, photo and electronic surveillance. The two-man aircraft was extremely fast (Mach 2) and had a long range (900 – 2,300 miles, depending on stores and mission type). The F4 was also extremely maneuverable and handled well at low and high altitudes. Most pilots considered it one of the "hottest" planes around.

On May 13, 1970 Captains Al Trent and Eric J. Hubert were flying a mission on an F4D when their aircraft was shot down near the tri-border region of Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam. They went down in Rotanokiri Province, Cambodia. They were both classified Missing In Action (MIA).

Huberth's family reported in 1973 that the U.S. Government had given them conflicting information concerning the incident. First, they gave the family the wrong location for the crash, then later said that enemy activity had made it impossible to reach the crash site to investigate. Still later, the Government said that a thorough crash-site investigation had been made. Huberth's and Trent's families were left with many questions.

Eric's family made many inquiries, contacting anyone they could think of. In October 1970, while his sister Nancy was working "galley" on a short commercial airline flight, a passenger pulled out a notebook and read to her the names of the people she had recently called, and the places she had been. He showed her FBI credentials. "Little girl," he said, "you're getting in way over your head." Nancy wasn't impressed. She kept asking questions.

When the war ended and 591 American prisoners were released, Al and Eric were not among them. Since that time, over 10,000 reports have been received concerning Americans still held in captivity. Eric Huberth and Al Trent could be among them. Isn’t it time we brought these men home?

Eric Huberth was promoted to the rank of Captain during the period he was missing. Alan Robert Trent graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1964.

NOTE: He's honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC; Panel 10W, Line 37.

ADDITIONAL SOURCES:

• P.O.W. NETWORK
• Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
• Wall of Faces
• Honor States
• Library of Congress