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FRANKLIN WERNER HOOPS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1947 – June 6, 1968
Service recordFranklin Werner Hoops JR, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 5
- JAMES HOLTCorporal · June 6, 1968
- RICHARD ANCIL HOLTFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1968
- CLARENCE E HORNBUCKLE JRMaster Sergeant · June 6, 1968
- JAMES BYRON HOWARDHospitalman · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALAN ACKERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 24
- DENNIS ARCHIBALDSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 24
- LEE RANDALL BUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 60W, Line 26
- ELIGIO RICE GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 2
- JAMES MAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 7
- ANDREW PERRY JRCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 9
- RICHARD JOSEPH RUDOLPHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 13
- CHARLES WALLACE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 15
- JOHN PATRICK THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 16
- JAMES KENNETH WHEELERSpecialist Six · Panel 59W, Line 17
- JAMES SCHENLER WOODFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59W, Line 18
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 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.