HESS ROBERT L

COL Robert L. Hess was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 05/29/1982 at the age of 62.3 from Prostate cancer
Flight Class 53
Date of Birth 02/26/1920
Served in the U.S. Air Force
Served in Vietnam with 20 HS in 67
Call sign in Vietnam GREEN HORNET
This information was provided by Tod (grandson), SSN Deceased search

More detail on this person: Robert Laurence Hess was born February 26, 1924 in Wheeling West, Virginia. He retired July 31, 1969 from Elgin AF Aux Fld #9, Florida as Lt. Col. He completed helicopter flight school in 1953, Guided Missiles OBR 3121-3 in 1961 and Survival Training Course # 140000 in 1965.

He died May 29, 1982 from Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Buried at Restland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas Crypt 6, 202

Marriage of Robert Hess and Mary Elizabeth Blair - Dept. 27, 1945

Burial information: Restland Cemetery, Dallas, TX

This information was last updated 05/18/2016

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Date posted on this site: 03/10/2024


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