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MICHAEL JAMES HOOVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1944 – November 16, 1967
Service recordMichael James Hoover, of Hyattsville, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 528 TRANS
- Born
- August 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Hyattsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 1
- JESSIE WENDELL CONNERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- RAYMOND PRATER COXCorporal · November 16, 1967
- PAUL MARVIN CRONK JRSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- DAVID KEITH DEMORESTSergeant · November 16, 1967
From Hyattsville
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
- JOHN QUINCY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS RAY KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1967
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- EUGENE EDWARD SWIFTSeaman · March 9, 1968
- RONALD STUART GILLIAMSpecialist Four · June 3, 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.