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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 Humberto Robles Hernandez.

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HUMBERTO ROBLES HERNANDEZ

Captain · U.S. Air Force

February 28, 1941 – August 15, 1969

Service record

Humberto Robles Hernandez, of Mesa, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 15, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 19W · Line 42

Position of Panel 19W 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
February 28, 1941
Home of record
Mesa, Arizona (Maricopa County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 15, 1969
Age
28
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 19W, Line 42

From Mesa

All 23 names from Mesa →

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.