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LEE CHARL HITCHCOCK
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 27, 1940 – September 10, 1967
Service recordLee Charl Hitchcock, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 10, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 45
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
- July 27, 1940
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 45
- ALLAN JOSEPH HERMANSecond Lieutenant · September 10, 1967
- RICHARD LAKE HOLYCROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 10, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- LESTER HOUX JRLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
- PAUL MICHAEL ROBERTSPrivate · January 20, 1968
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.