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DOUGLAS JAMES HOOTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – September 4, 1967
Service recordDouglas James Hoots, of Winchester, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 110
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 19 ENG BN
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Winchester, Illinois (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 110
- GREGORY JOHN SCOTTCorporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS SHEALance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- LEON SIMMSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
- VARDE WESTON SMITH IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
From Winchester
- JAMES HENRY PRICEAirman Second Class · July 15, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE WOODSONCaptain · August 1, 1967
- DANIEL LEE HAVENSSpecialist Five · December 28, 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.