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EUGENE HOOD
Private · U.S. Army
February 1, 1950 – January 12, 1970
Service recordEugene Hood, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 29
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 29
- DANIEL EDNEY ECKENRODESergeant · January 12, 1970
- GORDON EDWARD EVANSLance Corporal · January 12, 1970
- JOHN JAY JANOSKA JRStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1970
- JAMES DUANE PLANKCorporal · January 12, 1970
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.