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JOHN MICHAEL HOAR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1945 – February 13, 1966
Service recordJohn Michael Hoar, of Belleville, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Belleville, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 29
- JOE LEE WILLIAMSPetty Officer First Class · August 5, 1964
- HENRY ARTHUR GRETTENPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WALTER KISALAPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- CHARLES TERRELL PITTMANSpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 28
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 30
- CHARLES LAWRENCE RICHTMYRESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 30
- ROBERT KEITH WORLEYSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 30
From Belleville
- HELDER ARTHUR C DASILVASpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JERRY RICHARD DONATIELLOLance Corporal · November 20, 1967
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DONALD BARON SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- FRANK ANTHONY CANCELLIERECorporal · March 15, 1969
- PAUL VINCENT NELSONCorporal · May 31, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDERSON BRANCHCaptain · June 6, 1970
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · July 4, 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.