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LINUS GERARD K CHOCK
Captain · U.S. Army
April 12, 1936 – November 29, 1966
Service recordLinus Gerard K Chock, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 183 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 128
- GERALD OSCAR TOYPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILLEFORDSeaman Apprentice · November 28, 1966
- WILBERT WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.