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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 Michael Lewis Hyde.

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MICHAEL LEWIS HYDE

Captain · U.S. Air Force

May 14, 1938 – December 8, 1966

Service record

Michael Lewis Hyde, of Boulder City, Nevada, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 8, 1966, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 13E · Line 22

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
May 14, 1938
Home of record
Boulder City, Nevada (Clark County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 8, 1966
Age
28
Province
Kien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

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What was happening

18 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1966; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Boulder City

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.