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DARRELL HOGAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1939 – October 30, 1971
Service recordDarrell Hogan, of Brownsville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 56
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 28, 1939
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 56
- JACK ALLEN GARNESSergeant · October 30, 1971
- ERNIE ROBLES MARTINEZSpecialist Five · October 30, 1971
- ROBERT EDWARD RYAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 30, 1971
- JAMES MICHAEL SELIXStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MICHAEL BERBLINGERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 55
- MICHAEL MARION FARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 55
- DONALD CHARLES TALLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 57
From Brownsville
- JAMES LARRY HIGHTOWERCorporal · October 22, 1966
- BOBBY LEE TARTERChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 24, 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.