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U.S. Air Force · United States 
Staff Sergeant Gene Karl Hess served in the U.S. Air Force. Gene served with the 51 FLD MAINT SQ. Gene served in the Vietnam War. Gene was 32 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Accident in theatre
Service Record
U.S. Air Force
OFFSHORE
1966
Pay grade E05. DCAS record DCAS-VN-022944.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
3
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Gene Karl Hess
Staff Sergeant
U.S. Air Force
- 1966
51st Field Maintenance Squadron
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