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THOMAS LEO HOENIGES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1946 – June 8, 1967
Service recordThomas Leo Hoeniges, of Bloomington, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 74
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 74
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD FERGUSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- WILLIAM GLADE HENDERSONSergeant · June 8, 1967
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 72
- JERRY LORENZO DAWCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 73
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 74
- JOHN THOMAS MCMAHONCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 75
- DONALD ANDREW MOURITZENSpecialist Five · Panel 21E, Line 75
- GLENN ALLEN WATKINSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 77
- HOWARD LEE WEBBSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 77
From Bloomington
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WILLIAM REINHART BUFFCorporal · August 30, 1966
- WILLIAM WALTER LITTLE IIICorporal · November 7, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE MONKMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE WHITESpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT GENE PINKSTONStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- OMAR DAVID JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- GARY CECIL BAIZEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1968
- BERNARD JAMES COOKSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
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.