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JAMES DOUGLAS VANHOOK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 21, 1947 – February 2, 1968
Service recordJames Douglas Vanhook, of Richmond, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 1
- WILLIAM RANDAL TRUETTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- LEROY EDWARD VALDEZSergeant · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD LOUIS WENDELPetty Officer First Class · February 2, 1968
- LEON ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE NORGAARDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 68
- DELFERD BENJAMIN DUNIFERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 69
- GARY RAY FITCHSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 70
- RENE ZAROGOZA HERNANDEZCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 74
- HUGH R MCKIBBIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 79
- CHARLES THOMAS PARKERSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 81
- THOMAS MICHAEL ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 84
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
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.