Hessom, Robert Charles
Navy Commander

Robert Charles Hessom, age 41, from Columbia County Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania .

Parents: Charles H. Hessom Jr.
Spouse: Charlotte Hessom
Children: Son and daughter

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Saturday, March 5, 1966
Death details: Aboard a A-1H aircraft over the Ha Tinh Province when it was shot down by ground fire. Remains recovered in 1994

Source: National Archives, UPI, Pittsburgh Post Gazette (1966)