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GERALD DONALD HOOVER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1939 – May 22, 1966
Service recordGerald Donald Hoover, of Chesaning, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Chesaning, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 102
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- DAVID MARVIN JOLLEY JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGERLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- ALLAN JAMES KOROMLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOSEPH CANALESPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 100
- ROBERT H CRUM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 100
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 101
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEVOEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 101
- DAVID MARVIN JOLLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 102
- RICHARD FRANKLYN LEASESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 103
- GERALD ERNEST METCALFPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 103
- ALLEN JEROME RITTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 103
- ANGEL RODRIGUEZ-ESTREMERAPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 104
- MICHAEL VINASSASpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 104
From Chesaning
- TOMMY J TERRYSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- LARRY DEAN GOODPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- RICHARD MICHAEL ALLARDSergeant First Class · August 24, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH KLIGAR IIISergeant · August 25, 1970
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.