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CHARLES JOHN HOBAN III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 15, 1948 – August 22, 1967
Service recordCharles John Hoban III, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 29
- LINDSAY DAVID BALDONISpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- HENRY GRANILLOPrivate First Class · August 22, 1967
- HAROLD WILLIAM HADDICKChief Master Sergeant · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN HEISERPrivate First Class · August 22, 1967
- LEONARD RICHARD JOHNSONSergeant · August 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 28
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 28
- CHRISTOPHER ALLAN LESKYSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 30
- GEROLD LEE MOUNCESergeant · Panel 25E, Line 31
- BILLY WAYNE PLATTSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 31
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.