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JOHN JOSEPH HOOPER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 1, 1949 – August 1, 1970
Service recordJohn Joseph Hooper, of Ventura, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 74
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Ventura, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 74
- JAMES WILLIE BLACKMONMaster Sergeant · August 1, 1970
- DALE RYAN BUXTONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1970
- DAVID LEON CAPLANSecond Lieutenant · August 1, 1970
- RALPH WOMMACK HUNTPrivate First Class · August 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANTON JOHN SCHOEPKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 8W, Line 76
From Ventura
- JAMES CLETUS DYESeaman Recruit · May 29, 1964
- MICHAEL PERRY MORITZSpecialist Five · June 16, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS PADILLASergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD EARL GOREPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- CREIGHTON ROBERT DUNNSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES APPLEGATESpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- SIEGFRIED KOFLERSergeant · July 10, 1967
- DONALD MELVIN SEWELLColonel · November 9, 1967
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.