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KRAIG SEWELL HOGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1948 – March 7, 1968
Service recordKraig Sewell Hogan, of Sunnyvale, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Tuong Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 44
- RICHARD DAVID HALLPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- RALPH LEWIS HAMMELLance Corporal · March 7, 1968
- STEPHEN WORTH HATHAWAYLance Corporal · March 7, 1968
- DAN SELLMAN HICKSSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK LARRY ALLUMSCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 40
- HAROLD GEORGE BEANE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 40
- RICHARD DUNCAN BAHRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43E, Line 41
- GERALD KEITH BROWNSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 41
- EDWARD RICHARD CORDEAUSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 42
- RALPH DOUGLAS DIFATESergeant · Panel 43E, Line 43
- THEODORE THOMAS LEOPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 46
- BEN MCCOULLOUGH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 47
- JAMES GARY RANDALLPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 48
- DONALD WAYNE TISDALECorporal · Panel 43E, Line 49
- HARRY KENNETH VAUGHANCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 49
- LEWIS BRACY WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 50
- EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 50
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- JOSEPH CRUZ BAZAPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.