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ROBERT ELVIN HOY
Captain · U.S. Army
August 25, 1945 – April 27, 1969
Service recordRobert Elvin Hoy, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 62
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 69 ENG BN
- Born
- August 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 62
- ALAN BRIAN DENHOFFSpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- BILL JAKE DUPREESpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
- CLYDE ARTHUR GIDDINGSSecond Lieutenant · April 27, 1969
- WILLIAM WAYNE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.