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ALVIN HOSKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 12, 1942 – February 10, 1966
Service recordAlvin Hoskins, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 22
- JOSE ESCAMILLAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1966
- GARY DOUGLAS HOPPSLieutenant · February 10, 1966
- RUSSELL PALMER HUNTER JRLieutenant Colonel · February 10, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT SOARES ANDRADEStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 21
- JOSE ESCAMILLAStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 22
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 23
- TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTELSergeant First Class · Panel 5E, Line 23
- KERMIT HAROLD YOHOSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 24
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.