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WALLACE GOURLEY HYNDS JR
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
May 28, 1925 – August 2, 1967
Service recordWallace Gourley Hynds JR, of Sumter, South Carolina, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 2, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 432 TR WG
- Born
- May 28, 1925
- Home of record
- Sumter, South Carolina (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24E, Line 68
- PAUL CHARLES BERTOLOZZIFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1967
- JOHN KIRBY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- JAMES RAY MAJORSLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- LEONARD GERALD MARCUMCaptain · August 2, 1967
- DANIEL HAROLD MILLERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
From Sumter
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- HAROLD MCRAE SMITHPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- LELAND EMANUEL HAMMONDLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY STEWARTStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- TERRY LYNN ANTONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BEN WHITESergeant · July 10, 1967
- DAVID NATHANIEL GREEN JRSecond Lieutenant · July 24, 1967
- CARL MCFADDEN JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE HARVINCorporal · November 9, 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.