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MICHAEL JENNING HOTCHKISS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1946 – August 9, 1967
Service recordMichael Jenning Hotchkiss, of Anaheim, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 95
- ALLEN SHELDON CHERRYCaptain · August 9, 1967
- HAZEL H HUMPHRIES IIICorporal · August 9, 1967
- GARY ROGER KOOMANSpecialist Four · August 9, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BEYRANDSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 93
- ANDREW CHARLES CONRAD JRSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 94
- JOEL DAVID FENDLEYCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 94
- JOSEPH HARRISONCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 94
- PRENTICE DALE LECLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 96
- ROBERT JAMES MAXWELLSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 96
- RAY EDWARD MORAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 96
- CAESAR AUGUSTUS PINTOPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 97
- FRANCIS ALBERT ROCHKESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 97
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.