Hobbs Donald Ernest

Monuments

Flight 1285 Memorial Plaque

Silent Witness Memorial

Name:

Donald Ernest Hobbs

Rank:

Specialist 4th Class

Serial Number:

Unit:

101st Airborne Division

Date of Death:

1985-12-12

State:

Florida

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA

Plot:

Section 60

Row:

Grave:

Site 3950

Decoration:

Comments:

Donald Ernest Hobbs was born on October 26, 1960, in Palm Harbor, Florida. He served in the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault as a Specialist 4th Class of the US Army. Died in the crash of Arrow Air Flight 1285. Of the 248 servicemen, all but twelve were members of 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), most of whom were from the 3d Battalion, 502nd Infantry; eleven were from other Forces Command units; and one was an agent from the Criminal Investigations Command (CID).