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VERNON FLETCHER HOVEY III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1946 – June 5, 1970
Service recordVernon Fletcher Hovey III, of Schenectady, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 14
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- 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
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 14
- ROBERT HARDY HILL JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
- HERBERT DAVID HORNERSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- DONALD JAMES LUNDEQUAMWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1970
- STEPHEN ARTHUR MCCAULEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK BRYANCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 12
- RANDY LEE MASTSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 15
- CHARLES A RICHARDSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 16
- RONALD ALEX STALEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 17
- ARCHIE EDWARD TRIMMPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 17
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 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.