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JAMES ALAN HOCKRIDGE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 12, 1944 – October 17, 1972
Service recordJames Alan Hockridge, of Rochester, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 17, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1972
- Age
- 28
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 82
- WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1972
- JAMES LEWIS CRAIG JRSpecialist Five · October 16, 1972
- JAMES DOWEL DUGGER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1972
- ALLEN UPTON GRAHAMCaptain · October 17, 1972
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.