Carl Frederick Hynek III (1945-1967)

Born on August 14, 1945, Carl Hynek was from Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. He graduated from La Salle College High School in Philadelphia and entered Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in the fall of 1963 with the class of 1967. He became a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity during his two years but left the College in 1965.

He arrived in South Vietnam in July 4, 1967. Private First Class Hynek was killed in action on October 5, 1967 by automatic weapons fire while fighting as a parachute infantryman with the 101st Airborne in Quang Nam province. He received the posthumous promotion to the rank of corporal.

More information about other Dickinson war casualties can be found through the online project "In Remembrance" (see link for related entries below).