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JOHN HARVEY HOEFFS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1946 – November 28, 1966
Service recordJohn Harvey Hoeffs, of Oceanside, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1966, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1966; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 12E, Line 127
- MERCED HERMAN GONZALESPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- CARROLL L RODGERSStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1966
- DAVID LEE SIVERLYFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1966
From Oceanside
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.