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BILLY DEAN HOOPER
Fireman · U.S. Navy
August 27, 1942 – December 6, 1965
Service recordBilly Dean Hooper, of Blue Earth, Minnesota, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 6
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Born
- August 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Blue Earth, Minnesota (Faribault County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 6
- DENNIS LEE WEBERPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD BOSTONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- JAMES PATRICK BROCKCorporal · December 10, 1965
- TINSLEY BRYANTSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
From Blue Earth
- RONALD THOMAS OKEEFESpecialist Four · November 1, 1964
- GEORGE LEO STOLTZMANCorporal · November 29, 1965
- JOHN JAMES MCCLOSKEYSergeant · May 10, 1966
- RICHARD HENRY KRUMMCorporal · May 16, 1967
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.