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ALVIN RUTHERFORD HOOVER III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 9, 1946 – October 11, 1968
Service recordAlvin Rutherford Hoover III, of Redmond, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 47
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Redmond, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 47
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER HENRY INAYLance Corporal · October 11, 1968
- DENNIS CLARENCE JERDETPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- URBAN HAROLD JOHANNES JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL NARCISSESergeant · Panel 41W, Line 49
- VIRGIL HENRY WILSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 50
From Redmond
- LEONARD WADE ROBERSONLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- GLENN DEAN TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
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.