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WALTER JIM HOGANS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1945 – October 5, 1969
Service recordWalter Jim Hogans, of Newville, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 41
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Newville, Alabama (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 41
- SHELBY GENE FOSTERPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- MICHAEL GALLEGOCorporal · October 5, 1969
- ROBERT MARION HAYNES JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1969
- HOWARD THOMAS LENHARDLance Corporal · October 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELVIS EARL MULLENCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 42
From Newville
- BARRY BRYANT COERSWarrant Officer 1 · August 25, 1969
- PAUL DEWITT BRANNONPrivate First Class · April 29, 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.