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DENNIS NORMAN HOGENBOOM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1944 – June 6, 1970
Service recordDennis Norman Hogenboom, of Schoharie, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Schoharie, New York (Schoharie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 20
- DALE FRANK FLEISCHMANN JRLance Corporal · June 6, 1970
- ADAM JACKSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1970
- GERALD LEONARD KALISSpecialist Four · June 6, 1970
- MARK EDWARD KLEVERCorporal · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE DEAN BURGESSSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 18
- EVERETTE BRENT CALDWELLSergeant First Class · Panel 9W, Line 19
- MARK EDWARD KLEVERCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 20
From Schoharie
- CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SIGMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- MARTIN WILLARD WRIGHTSergeant · July 25, 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.