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JAMES HAMILTON HISE
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
April 29, 1941 – March 25, 1967
Service recordJames Hamilton Hise, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 25, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 53 USS HANCOCK CVA 19
- Born
- April 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 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 17E, Line 44
- ROCKWELL SELDEN HERRONPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- KENNETH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- CURTIS CHARLES JOOSTENPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.