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JOSEPH ALAN HOEKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 13, 1949 – September 14, 1969
Service recordJoseph Alan Hoeker, of Spring Lake, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 83
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Spring Lake, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 83
- CHARLES WARNER BECKERPrivate First Class · September 14, 1969
- MICHAEL EARL KOONCEPrivate · September 14, 1969
- ROGER DALE LOWERYLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
- LARRY GLENN MARSHWarrant Officer 1 · September 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY JAY JOHNSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 81
- WALTER EARL HEYER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 82
- CHARLES WARNER BECKERPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 83
- JOSEPH VERNON MATHIASStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 84
- PAUL WILLIAM MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 84
- LEONARD LEE POTTSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 85
- DANIEL P RATLEDGE JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 85
- TONY EUGENE SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 86
- GARY KELVIN STANFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 87
From Spring Lake
- ROGER ELGIN WARDSpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
- ERNEST LAWRENCE MOORESergeant · May 10, 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.