Hillenkoetter, Roscoe Henry, VADM

Deceased
 
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Final Rank
Vice Admiral
Last Designator
00X-Unknown NOC/Designator
Last Designator Group
Rating/NEC Group Unknown
Primary Unit
1956-1957, Office of the Naval Inspector General (Naval IG)
Service Years
1915 - 1957
Vice Admiral Vice Admiral

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Home State
Missouri
Missouri
Year of Birth
1897
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
St Louis, MO
Last Address
New York City, NY
Date of Passing
Jun 18, 1982
 
Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Wall/Plot Coordinates
6 5813-C-1

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Pearl Harbor Survivor's AssociationNational Cemetery Administration (NCA)United States Navy Memorial WWII Memorial National Registry
  0, Pearl Harbor Survivor's Association
  1982, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  2021, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2021, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page


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Last Known Activity:


The National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena was formed in 1956, with the organization's corporate charter being approved October 24. Hillenkoetter was on NICAP's board of governors from about 1957 until 1962. Donald E. Keyhoe, NICAP director and Hillenkoetter's Naval Academy classmate, wrote that Hillenkoetter wanted public disclosure of UFO evidence. Perhaps Hillenkoetter's best-known statement on the subject was in 1960 in a letter to Congress, as reported in The New York Times: "Behind the scenes, high-ranking Air Force officers are soberly concerned about UFOs. But through official secrecy and ridicule, many citizens are led to believe the unknown flying objects are nonsense."

   

  1950-1951, Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet

Rear Admiral Upper Half

From Month/Year
October / 1950

To Month/Year
August / 1951

Unit
Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet Unit Page

Rank
Rear Admiral Upper Half

NEC
Not Specified

Base, Station or City
Not Specified

State/Country
Not Specified
 
 
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 Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet Details

Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet

Type
Combat - Sea
 

Parent Unit
Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT)/Commander Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT)

Strength
Surface Vessel

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

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