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GORDON CLARK HILL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 9, 1944 – June 30, 1970
Service recordGordon Clark Hill, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 30, 1970, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 105
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 469 TFS 388 TFW
- Born
- October 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 30, 1970
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “469 TFS 388 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 105
- CHARLES RICHARD HESTERStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1970
- PHILLIP METZ HORSTCorporal · June 30, 1970
- STEVE LEE INBODENSpecialist Four · June 30, 1970
- PAUL LAVERNE JENKINSMaster Sergeant · June 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MITCHELL OLEN SADLER JRCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 107
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.