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STEVEN DALE HOOPER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1948 – March 22, 1969
Service recordSteven Dale Hooper, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 11
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 11
- CHARLES LARRY GUTHRIESpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD HERMSENSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- CHARLES DENNIS HOWELLSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- ALBERT MANUEL MENDOZACorporal · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LARRY GUTHRIESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 11
- FRANK SPIERSCaptain · Panel 28W, Line 14
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.