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GEORGE HOSKINS JR
Private · U.S. Army
January 1, 1948 – May 24, 1969
Service recordGeorge Hoskins JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 95
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
- Smoke Operations Specialist (54C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 95
- ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFFSergeant · May 24, 1969
- ORVILLE HAMPTONSergeant First Class · May 24, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN HARGENSPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- CHARLES RAY JONESSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GRAFTON LAWRENCE PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 98
- CORTEZ ALLEN RANDOLPHPrivate · Panel 24W, Line 98
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.