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BERNARD PALENPA HOOPII JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 2, 1928 – December 12, 1966
Service recordBernard Palenpa Hoopii JR, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1928
- Home of record
- Kaneohe, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 38
- ROY ALLEN GEBHARDPrivate First Class · December 12, 1966
- PHILLIP BRUCE HAYWARDPrivate First Class · December 12, 1966
- JOHNNY ROBERT HOLLANDFirst Sergeant · December 12, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROY ALLEN GEBHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 38
- JOHNNY ROBERT HOLLANDFirst Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 38
- BILLY RICHARD MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 39
- MICHAEL LEWIS NOTTAGESpecialist Five · Panel 13E, Line 39
From Kaneohe
- WAYNE ALLEN ARAKAKIPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- ELIAS MAULILI KAUHANESergeant First Class · August 25, 1966
- MERRIL ANDREW MCKILLIPSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- ARISTON R TALAN JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- EDWARD SATORU YAMASHIROSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- FREDERICK JARRETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- HOY EARL CHUI MUN AUPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- JERRY KAOPUA BRIGHTERSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- WILLIAM NAKI IIISpecialist Four · January 15, 1971
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.