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DOUGLAS ERNEST HOBBS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
October 11, 1945 – May 16, 1970
Service recordDouglas Ernest Hobbs, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 16, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 51
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 51
- DAVID WILLIAM HENSELSergeant · May 16, 1970
- WALTER LEE HUFFMANCorporal · May 16, 1970
- DAVID LAWRENCE JONESStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- SIDNEY KEITH KOGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1970
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.