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THOMAS LEE HOOVER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1944 – September 27, 1967
Service recordThomas Lee Hoover, of Benton, Arkansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Benton, Arkansas (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 20
- JOHN WALLACE HOSE JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- MARC STEVEN JAMESSeaman · September 27, 1967
- DAVID DUWAYNE KNOWLESSeaman · September 27, 1967
From Benton
- DELMAR LEE CROCKETT JRSergeant · February 18, 1967
- CARIO FULLERCorporal · April 9, 1967
- JOHN NORMAN WICKLIFFESergeant First Class · August 3, 1967
- JOHN H HARDINGSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY KEITH REEVESPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- DENNIS TRUMAN ROBBINSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- CARL WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JERRY DALE CANTRELLPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
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.