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HOBART AXSOM JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
November 19, 1928 – March 14, 1969
Service recordHobart Axsom JR, of Bremerton, Washington, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 34
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Born
- November 19, 1928
- Home of record
- Bremerton, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 34
- JOHNNY GREEN STAMPSPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- RICK YAMASHITAPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD YEATESLance Corporal · March 13, 1969
- RONALD JOSEPH ALFONSOSpecialist Four · March 14, 1969
From Bremerton
- DANIEL WILLIAM HARMONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- RUSSELL BERNDT WALKERPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT DEVOREPrivate · November 28, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE KERRLieutenant Commander · March 10, 1967
- CHARLES C ANDERSON JRCaptain · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK WRIGHTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- GREIG ROBERT PARKHURSTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- STEPHEN PETER BARKERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- WADE RUSSELL REAUMECorporal · March 25, 1968
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.