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MELVIN SYLVESTER HOOVER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1946 – June 6, 1967
Service recordMelvin Sylvester Hoover, of Mcdowell, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 62
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Mcdowell, West Virginia (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 62
- JOHNIE MICHAEL HENNINGERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES AUSTIN HUBBARDPetty Officer Third Class · June 6, 1967
- JIMMY KEMPAirman Second Class · June 6, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE LAWRENCELance Corporal · June 6, 1967
From Mcdowell
- JAMES WALTER BETHELStaff Sergeant · July 22, 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.