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JOHN MICHAEL HOELSCHER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1947 – February 19, 1966
Service recordJohn Michael Hoelscher, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 51
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- RONALD MICHAEL KENNYPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- KENNETH WAYNE LANTERPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.