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RICHARD DAVID HULSE
Captain · U.S. Army
May 5, 1945 – March 23, 1970
Service recordRichard David Hulse, of Flagstaff, Arizona, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 35
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Flagstaff, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 35
- PERCY CHARLES GAGNONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1970
- JAMES MORTON KLEINSergeant · March 23, 1970
- ROBERT DEAN MORRISPrivate First Class · March 23, 1970
- GORDON LEE ZIMMERLESergeant · March 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 12W, Line 36
- TOMMY HERMAN SWAINPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 36
From Flagstaff
- BRADLEY A WALKERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- VINCENT B BAKERPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- NED LEEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- MELVIN DEW NEWTONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LITZLERCorporal · June 15, 1968
- JAMES LAVERN HARBOTTLECorporal · August 21, 1968
- RICHARD ANDRADELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- DALE EUGENE CRICKLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- JAMES MARK DAVISSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DAN OWEN FELTSSergeant · September 20, 1970
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.