HINCKLEY, ROBERT BRUCE
RIP 11/14/2022
Name: Robert Bruce Hinckley
Rank/Branch: O3/United States Air Force, pilot
Unit: 435th TFS
Date of Birth: 15 April 1941
Home City of Record: Springfield ME
Date of Loss: 18 January 1968
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 211800 North 1061200 East
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4D
Missions: 75
Other Personnel in Incident: Robert Jones, returnee
Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. 2023
REMARKS: 730314 RELEASED BY DRV
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Robert Hinckley retired from the United States Air Force as a Colonel. He
and his wife Marie resided in Florida until his passing.
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12/03/2022
https://www.news-journalonline.com/obituaries/pdtb0369827 Colonel Robert Bruce Hinckley Obituary - Daytona Beach News-Journal
... the Silver Star Medal (the
third highest military decoration for valor ... the
Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement as a Prisoner
of War; ...
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