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ERNEST ERVIN HOOD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 16, 1933 – January 24, 1968
Service recordErnest Ervin Hood, of Compton, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 22
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1933
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 22
- DAMAS HERNANDEZ-FELICIANOPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE HODGEPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- GEORGE JOSEPH HOLLY IIIPrivate First Class · January 24, 1968
- JAMES MILLERSpecialist Four · January 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAMIRO RIOS RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 26
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.