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JOSEPH LESTER HOCKENBERRY
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1933 – April 2, 1967
Service recordJoseph Lester Hockenberry, of Yeagertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 92
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 17, 1933
- Home of record
- Yeagertown, Pennsylvania (Mifflin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 92
- THURMAN ELBY FILLINGIMStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1967
- MASAICHI FUJIMOTOStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- RALPH CHARLES HUTHPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALLEN MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 91
- THURMAN ELBY FILLINGIMStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 92
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 92
- PETER ALAN LAMONTSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 93
- KENNETH M THIBAULTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 94
- VANCE GEORGE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 94
From Yeagertown
- ROGER DAVID ZEIGLERCorporal · April 27, 1968
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.