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HENRY ROBERT HOCKNELL JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1946 – November 8, 1967
Service recordHenry Robert Hocknell JR, of Carneys Point, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- July 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Carneys Point, New Jersey (Salem County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 50
- VAUGHN MAURICE HINESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- DAVID LEE JONESCorporal · November 8, 1967
- JOHN MULLEN JOYCEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE JUETTPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
From Carneys Point
- ROBERT ALLEN LAYTON JRSecond Lieutenant · July 3, 1969
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.