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THOMAS EWALD HACKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 20, 1945 – March 12, 1969
Service recordThomas Ewald Hacker, of Houston, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 19
- JAMES ANTHONY FRANKLINSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- LOUIS WAYNE FRERICKSFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT GAZZEPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- JAMES CAROLL GILBERTSergeant Major · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOSEPH PEOPLESSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 22
- JOHN ARTHUR RAMIREZCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 22
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.