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BILLY JACK HOGAN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 14, 1949 – November 29, 1970
Service recordBilly Jack Hogan JR, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 92
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Cape Girardeau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 92
- CHARLES A JOHNSON IIISpecialist Four · November 29, 1970
- ROBERT BRUCE JOHNSONTechnical Sergeant · November 29, 1970
- WILLIAM DANIEL KENNEDY IIICaptain · November 29, 1970
- JAMES FRANCIS SAXBYFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1970
From Cape Girardeau
- GARY LEROY SCHEMELPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- ROBERT RAYMOND GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1966
- ELWIN HARRY BUSCHCaptain · June 9, 1967
- JOHN SHELBY BURFORDMajor · August 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE TAYLOR JRCorporal · March 8, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD FINLEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- TERRANCE LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- STEPHEN BLAKE PEELSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- ROBERT DALE MCFALLSergeant · March 10, 1970
- EARL WATSON THARP JRSpecialist Five · June 26, 1970
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.