Wallace Gourley Hynds Jr.

Vietnam War
Unit432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
RankColonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromSumter South Carolina
Date of DeathAugust 2 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Distinguished Flying Cross
Silver Star
Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross
Notes

Colonel Hynds was a member of the 11th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Udorn Air Base, Thailand. On August 2, 1967, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Phantom II Reconnaissance Fighter (RF-4C) on a mission near Vinh, North Vietnam, when it was hit by enemy fire, crashed and exploded. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.