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PATRICK HOP SUNG HU
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1949 – January 5, 1970
Service recordPatrick Hop Sung Hu, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 129
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 129
- MAX DUANE KERSEYSpecialist Four · January 5, 1970
- LARRY NESBIT LAMBPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
- DONALD EUGENE LEWTERPrivate First Class · January 5, 1970
- MICHAEL ORSON LUNDSpecialist Four · January 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CARL SCHMIDTStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 1
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.