The Wall › Panel 8E › Delaware › Gene Karl Hess
GENE KARL HESS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 18, 1933 – June 17, 1966
Service recordGene Karl Hess, of Townsend, Delaware, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 17, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 57
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 51 FLD MAINT SQ
- Born
- August 18, 1933
- Home of record
- Townsend, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 57
- CLAIBORNE PARKS MCCALLFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1966
- EDWIN THOMAS OCONNOR JRLance Corporal · June 17, 1966
- EDWARD LEON ROMIGLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- GERALD WALTER WARZECHAPrivate First Class · June 17, 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.