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HERMAN BATER HOSE JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 12, 1941 – March 14, 1969
Service recordHerman Bater Hose JR, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 37
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 37
- JAMES ALVIN CARPENTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- ERNEST RICHARD FRANKSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- FURNACE FREEMAN JRCorporal · March 14, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN HAYES JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THEOPHILUS BOWLESSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 35
- JAMES ROBERT POLLARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 39
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.