James Edward Hackett

Vietnam War
UnitTroop F, 8th Cavalry Regiment
RankSpecialist 4 U.S. Army
Entered Service FromBradenton Florida
Date of DeathJune 11 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Specialist, Fourth Class Hackett was a member of Troop F, 8th Cavalry Regiment. On June 11, 1972, he was the gunner of a Hughes Loach Observation Helicopter (OH-6A) was making a visual reconnaissance of the northern provinces of South Vietnam, when the aircraft exploded and burned. His remains were recovered on October 7, 1994 and identified on November 24, 1999. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.