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MICHAEL GERARD HOYER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1946 – September 1, 1965
Service recordMichael Gerard Hoyer, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 71
- WILLIAM HENRY EBERHARDTSpecialist Five · September 1, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- CARL JOSEPH MANGOLDFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
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.