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RICHARD JAMES HOCK
Captain · U.S. Army
January 18, 1947 – January 16, 1972
Service recordRichard James Hock, of Chandlersville, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Chandlersville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1972; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 98
- PATRICK WILLIAM RABACALSpecialist Four · January 16, 1972
- BENJAMIN EDWIN YARD JRStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1972
- DAVID DONALD BERDAHLPrivate First Class · January 20, 1972
- HARRY JEROME EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1972
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.