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JAMES D VANHOOSIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 29, 1942 – December 5, 1967
Service recordJames D Vanhoosier, of Palatine, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 42
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Palatine, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 42
- DONALD MYRICK RUSSELLColonel · December 5, 1967
- ROBERT ISAAC TERRY IIISecond Lieutenant · December 5, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND WEISEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ADKINSSpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
From Palatine
- ROSS JAMES PATERSONWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1966
- RALPH R CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · November 2, 1968
- JOHN ALEXANDER BLANCO JRFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- DAVID BRUCE ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD DOLIKWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 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.