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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 Richard Lee Hogle.

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RICHARD LEE HOGLE

Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

March 8, 1929 – June 13, 1966

Service record

Richard Lee Hogle, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 13, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 8E · Line 45

Position of Panel 8E 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
Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
March 8, 1929
Home of record
Manitowoc, Wisconsin (Manitowoc County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 13, 1966
Age
37
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

15 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 8E, Line 45

From Manitowoc

All 20 names from Manitowoc →

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.