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THOMAS JOE HOECKELBERG
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – December 23, 1968
Service recordThomas Joe Hoeckelberg, of Crown Point, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Crown Point, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 68
- JACK HENRY CURRYPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- DARRELL LEROY ENGLEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
- GARY LEE FAINSergeant · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH FORTEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1968
From Crown Point
- ROBERT CARL BRIXPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- RONALD A VANSESSENFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BLEVINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT PINTARLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLISergeant · April 30, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLEMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
- DARYL ROBERT GROTHAUSSpecialist Five · July 2, 1970
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.