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JOHN KING HOBSON
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
November 2, 1949 – December 10, 1968
Service recordJohn King Hobson, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 81
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- November 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 81
- BOYCE LEE HALLCorporal · December 10, 1968
- GARY STEPHEN HODGESPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- LATHAN HOUSTONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- LAMONT JACKSONPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.