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JAMES JAY HOCHSTETTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 8, 1948 – June 23, 1969
Service recordJames Jay Hochstetter, of Brainerd, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 117
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 86 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Brainerd, Minnesota (Crow Wing County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 117
- JOHN EDWARD BRAIDSergeant · June 23, 1969
- MARVIN MELTON BURNSFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE CAMERONFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1969
- WILLIAM HOWARD CONDIT JRMajor · June 23, 1969
From Brainerd
- RICHARD ALFRED UNGERECHTCorporal · May 19, 1966
- ARTHUR JOSEPH TURNERCorporal · February 27, 1967
- JERRY RAY BEEBEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- KENNETH LEE WITTPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH MURPHYPetty Officer Third Class · August 30, 1968
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.