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GENE EDWARD HONCHAROFF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 6, 1946 – May 26, 1968
Service recordGene Edward Honcharoff, of Max, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Max, North Dakota (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 8
- CRAIG BARKER HOLTCorporal · May 26, 1968
- RICHARD LAFAYETTE INCROCCIPrivate · May 26, 1968
- HARRY WILBUR JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD JOHNSONCorporal · May 26, 1968
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.