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MICHAEL THOMAS HOKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1948 – December 21, 1967
Service recordMichael Thomas Hoke, of Elmendorf Afb, Alaska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 41
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Elmendorf Afb, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 41
- LANE ABERHAM TILSONPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WALLSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- FREDERIC PEERS WEBBSeaman · December 21, 1967
From Elmendorf Afb
- DONALD RAY SANDERSPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL FRANKLIN COXSpecialist Five · January 15, 1971
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.