Rayford Jerome Hill

Vietnam War
UnitFleet Tactical Support Squadron 50
RankAviation Structural Mechanic Third Class U.S. Navy
Entered Service FromHouston Texas
Date of DeathOctober 2 1969
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Aviation Structural Mechanic, Third Class Hill was a member of Fleet Tactical Support Squadron FIFTY, U.S. Navy. On October 2, 1969, he was a passenger in a Grumman Greyhound Transport Aircraft (C-2A) enroute from Cubi Point Naval Station to the aircraft carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64) in the Gulf of Tonkin. Contact was lost when the aircraft was about 10 miles from the carrier. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.