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CHARLES DAVID HOM
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
February 28, 1943 – August 17, 1967
Service recordCharles David Hom, of Huntington Park, California, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 17, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 7
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
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1325)
- Unit (as recorded)
- RVAH 12 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64
- Born
- February 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Huntington Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “RVAH 12 USS CONSTELLATION CVA 64”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 7
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- RONALD JAMES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- WAYNE ELMER JONESChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 17, 1967
- KEITH WARREN F LIVERMOREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LAURENT NORBERT DIONCommander · Panel 25E, Line 6
From Huntington Park
- DAVID LUIS GALANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- STEVEN CRAIG PATTERSONLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- DENNIS WILLIAM PETERSONLieutenant · July 19, 1967
- DONALD LEE BAKERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- GALE ROBERT SIOWPetty Officer Third Class · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- JOSEPH RALPH FRANCKOWIAKCorporal · July 27, 1968
- DAVID VERNON MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- GEORGE FLOHR JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOSEPH YBARRA RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
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.