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JOHN THOMAS HOSKINS
Captain · U.S. Army
November 7, 1943 – May 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Hoskins, of Sulphur, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 9
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Sulphur, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 9
- DONALD RAY HAYESPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- BRUCE NORMAN HUFFFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1968
- VICTOR JAMES HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY RAY CHILDSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 1
- BENNIE FRANK MONFORTStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 12
From Sulphur
- TERRY LEE ELLENDERCorporal · April 8, 1967
- RUSSELL ELWARD PAGELance Corporal · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH CRADEURSergeant · May 5, 1968
- RUSSELL JOSEPH WEEKLEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- LARRY JOHN LAPOINTSergeant · August 18, 1968
- HALTON RAMSEY VINCENTCaptain · September 30, 1971
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.