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MICHAEL NOEL HOBAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1946 – August 5, 1968
Service recordMichael Noel Hoban, of Edmonds, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Edmonds, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 13
- THOMAS KENNETH FAHRENHORSTSergeant · August 5, 1968
- ANIBAL FALCONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- CHARLES VERNON FIRTHPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- DAVID ARLIN GULBRANTSONFirst Lieutenant · August 5, 1968
From Edmonds
- DONALD A WISESpecialist Five · December 6, 1966
- GREGORY PHILLIP MOSERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- MILES EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR HOPKINSSergeant · April 4, 1969
- PHILIP EUGENE NICKERSONCorporal · June 21, 1969
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.