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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of James Dean Hoag.

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JAMES DEAN HOAG

Captain · U.S. Air Force

October 18, 1941 – June 19, 1969

Service record

James Dean Hoag, of East Point, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 19, 1969, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22W · Line 89

Position of Panel 22W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
October 18, 1941
Home of record
East Point, Georgia (Fulton County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 19, 1969
Age
27
Province
Chuong Thien
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 22W, Line 89

From East Point

All 16 names from East Point →

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.