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DON RICHARD HOOD
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 11, 1927 – October 2, 1965
Service recordDon Richard Hood, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 2, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 101
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 11, 1927
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1965
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1965; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 101
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- GARY PHELPS OFFUTTFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
- LOGAN DALE YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 10, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.