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ROBERT GENE HOOP
Captain · U.S. Army
January 17, 1939 – May 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Gene Hoop, of Mattoon, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 23
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Mattoon, Illinois (Coles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 23
- ANDREW L HEIDERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- JAMES DONALD HESSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- BURL DENTON HEWITTCorporal · May 13, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- WILBURN FRED VAUGHTStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN AUSTIN ANDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 16
- JOSEPH ADAMSSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 17
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 17
- SAMMY L BREWERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 17
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 18
- GEORGE COLEMANCaptain · Panel 59E, Line 19
- MOSES JAMES COUSINSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 19
- ROGER JOSEPH DANAPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 20
- JAMES ALBERT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 20
- JAMES ALLEN DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 20
- WILLIAM DENNIS HANSSENPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 21
- GARY JOSEPH GILINSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 22
- ANDREW L HEIDERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 23
- JAMES DONALD HESSPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 23
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 23
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 25
- MICHAEL JOSEPH JUNEAUSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 25
- JAMES EDWARD MAYSPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 26
- JOSEPH ANGEL MENASpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 26
- RAY WILLIAM OWENStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 27
- PATRICK VICTOR MCNEARNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 28
- ALEXANDER E PRUNKA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 29
- THOMAS F PRZYBELSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 29
- WAYNE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 2
From Mattoon
- NELSON EARL VANGUNDYCorporal · June 9, 1965
- PHILIP HENRY RATHEFirst Lieutenant · July 19, 1966
- GARY DON SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT JOE OVERMYERLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- DALE EARL SHUMBARGERPrivate · November 6, 1967
- JAMES LARRY PHIPPSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH FRIESEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- JOSEPH ROBERT CLIN PIERCELance Corporal · May 5, 1968
- AUGUST EMIL CZERWONKACaptain · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · September 20, 1968
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.