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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Gary Dean Hults.

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GARY DEAN HULTS

Captain · U.S. Air Force

September 19, 1939 – May 31, 1970

Service record

Gary Dean Hults, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 31, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10W · Line 125

Position of Panel 10W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
September 19, 1939
Home of record
St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 31, 1970
Age
30
Province
Binh Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 10W, Line 125

From St Louis

All 296 names from St Louis →

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.