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JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 27, 1945 – September 22, 1968
Service recordJames Raymond Hockett, of Blue Island, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Blue Island, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 63
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · September 22, 1968
- LARRY DEAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK KEMERSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK KUHLMANNMajor · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD P CAPUTOPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 61
- ADOLPH BRINKMAN HAMM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 62
- HENRY RICHARDSON PHILLIPSCaptain · Panel 43W, Line 65
- MERREL GERALD SARVELAPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 66
From Blue Island
- LOUIS XAVIER CABRERA JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- RAMIRO MANRIQUE JRSpecialist Four · July 11, 1966
- WILLIAM WALLINGFireman · October 26, 1966
- MILTON EMMETT PRESCOTT JRSergeant · April 30, 1967
- DONALD LEE PERILLOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ENGELSENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS HARRY ROBERTSONSergeant · April 12, 1969
- VERNEL COLLINSSergeant First Class · April 30, 1970
- WAYNE BIBBSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1972
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.