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JAMES EDWARD HOEWELER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 10, 1947 – July 5, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Hoeweler, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 11
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 11
- CHARLES MANLEY GATTIS JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- RALPH BERNARD GERKENSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHANLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- DONALD E HEINZPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN EUGENE TREESTSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 16
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.