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RALPH MICHAEL HOOKS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1949 – August 31, 1969
Service recordRalph Michael Hooks, of Princeton, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Princeton, Kentucky (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 15
- TERRY GENE GRAFTLance Corporal · August 31, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM HOFFLERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1969
- EUGENE HUNTCorporal · August 31, 1969
- RONALD JOHANSENPrivate · August 31, 1969
From Princeton
- KERRY DEAN WISDOMAirman · July 29, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE MITCHELLLance Corporal · May 10, 1968
- RICHARD MORRIS SEYMORESergeant · August 7, 1970
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.