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RICKY LEE HULL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 30, 1948 – February 9, 1968
Service recordRicky Lee Hull, of Zanesville, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 52
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Zanesville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 52
- NORMAN WARD HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- NORBERT PAUL HOLZAPFELStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1968
- GREGORY THOMAS IDINGSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- JOHN ALVIN ILSTRUP JRSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ROBERT ANZELONESpecialist Five · Panel 38E, Line 43
- FRANKLIN S BRADLEY JRCaptain · Panel 38E, Line 45
- MICHAEL JOSEPH LYNCHSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 55
From Zanesville
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · June 21, 1968
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE WICKHAMSergeant · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH GILDOWPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH DAVISPetty Officer Second Class · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- ROY LESTER PHIPPSSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.