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DAVID BAKER HOCKENSMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1950 – November 12, 1970
Service recordDavid Baker Hockensmith, of Frankfort, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 54
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Frankfort, Kentucky (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 54
- GARLAND PARIS FELTONSergeant First Class · November 12, 1970
- DAVID LEE HATCHERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1970
- JESSE LYNN KESTLERPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
- JOE BILLY MCNETTSpecialist Four · November 12, 1970
From Frankfort
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCNEESAirman First Class · February 23, 1966
- THOMAS ALEXANDER HARPPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD BRAWNERCorporal · January 4, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM MOORE JRSergeant · April 14, 1969
- DONALD COLEMAN GAYStaff Sergeant · October 19, 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.