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THOMAS EUGENE HOOVER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1946 – April 7, 1969
Service recordThomas Eugene Hoover, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 31
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 31
- MICHAEL DANIEL GRIFFISSpecialist Four · April 7, 1969
- CHARLES LEE HATHORN JRSergeant · April 7, 1969
- DONALD MACK KINNEYPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- EDWARD THEODORE PETERS JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 28
- JAMES MICHAEL DERDACorporal · Panel 27W, Line 29
- ROBERT WILLIAM SNYDERPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 34
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.