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JOSEPH LEE HOGGATT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1947 – October 6, 1967
Service recordJoseph Lee Hoggatt, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 59
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 59
- ERNIE JON ELFENBEINCorporal · October 6, 1967
- LESLIE HAROLD FUNK JRPetty Officer Third Class · October 6, 1967
- JIMMIE LE ROY JOHNSONLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- JOHN LAWRENCE KEATONCorporal · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GENE BURLINGHAMCaptain · Panel 27E, Line 57
- ROBERT GEORGE POREAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 27E, Line 61
- LEWIS ARTHUR TRASKPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 62
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.