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HAROLD ORION HOSKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1946 – February 7, 1968
Service recordHarold Orion Hoskins, of Bronson, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 2
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 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Bronson, Michigan (Branch County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; six of them were lost in Phu Bon Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Phu Bon Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 2
- CALVIN OTIS JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- JOHN PAUL JACOBSCorporal · February 7, 1968
- DAVID RUDOLPH JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- EVERETTE R JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 5
- THOMAS TUCKER OLIVERCaptain · Panel 38E, Line 9
- GUIDO SILVESTRO REALI JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38E, Line 11
- ROY EDWARD WORTHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38E, Line 19
From Bronson
- CLARK L WALKERSpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- ALAN HUGH PARKSCorporal · May 27, 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.