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DAYTON JOSEPH HOOKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1948 – June 7, 1968
Service recordDayton Joseph Hooks, of Mullins, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Mullins, South Carolina (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 59W, Line 23
- RALPH EDWARD HUNT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- BENNY LEO HUSKONSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR KEEPNEWSFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- CARL MASON MIDDLEBROOKSPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
From Mullins
- BENJAMIN JEFFE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
- CLEVELAND OSBORNE JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 28, 1970
- ALFRED JIMMY HERRING JRLance Corporal · September 20, 1970
- HARRIS LEE WILLIAMSCorporal · March 31, 1971
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.