The Wall › Panel 17W › Florida › John Hooper V Hathaway
JOHN HOOPER V HATHAWAY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 2, 1941 – October 11, 1969
Service recordJohn Hooper V Hathaway, of De Land, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 11, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 66
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 2, 1941
- Home of record
- De Land, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 66
- RONALD LAMAR CANNONSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- LARRY EDWIN CROWSergeant · October 11, 1969
- DOMINGO YABBARA GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- ALAN DAVIS GROOMSergeant · October 11, 1969
From De Land
- CEASAR BRYANTSergeant · December 17, 1966
- MALCOLM GEOFFREY MOLEPetty Officer Third Class · January 21, 1968
- WILLIAM LEO BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE FIELDSCaptain · March 26, 1969
- WARREN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE POFFSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- GEORGE ALFRED BIRDWELLSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
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.