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DAVID ALLEN HOCKETT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 14, 1946 – February 20, 1970
Service recordDavid Allen Hockett, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 36
- EDWARD CLARK CALDWELL IIIPetty Officer Second Class · February 20, 1970
- KENNETH LEE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- REGGIE WESTEL HINSONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- FLOYD RAY JOHNSONPrivate · February 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR ZARAGOZASergeant · Panel 13W, Line 39
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS CLAYTON BENGESergeant First Class · June 25, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 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.