U.S. Army · United States 
Henry Tibbs
1973
Henry Herbert Tibbs served the U.S. Army for 3 years.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
What Happened
Special Agent Henry Tibbs and Special Agent Elmer Heggen were killed in an aircraft accident while en route to testify in a court-martial at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The court-martial was in reference to a murder case that had been reopened due to a technicality, and the subject was at Fort Leavenworth. Agent Heggen and Agent Tibbs were stationed at the Fort Campbell CID field office and were flying Ozark Airlines to St. Louis, Missouri, for a connecting flight. Ozark Airlines Flight 809 crashed in a severe storm on approach to the Lambert-St. Louis Airfield. Agent Tibbs had been assigned to the Criminal Investigation Command for 18 months and had also served as an MP for several years.
Survivors
He was survived by his father, brother, and sister.
Service Record
U.S. Army
1970 – 1973
Also Served
United States Army Criminal Investigation Division
Special Agent
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