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WARD LAWRENCE HOOPER JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 21, 1945 – December 9, 1969
Service recordWard Lawrence Hooper JR, of Santa Ana, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 42
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Ana, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 42
- ROGER WILLIAM HEINZMajor · December 9, 1969
- RICHARD GARFIELD HILLStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT KIMBALLPrivate First Class · December 9, 1969
- KARL FERDINAND LANGELieutenant Colonel · December 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANCIS FRATUSSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 41
- MICHAEL JAMES MCCLANESpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 43
- EUGENE PAUL SHUMBRISCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 44
From Santa Ana
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- RUSSELL LAVERNE BISHOPSergeant · March 21, 1966
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- DONALD LEROY HEASTONPlatoon Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE STOKESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DOMINGO ESCALANTE JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GARY KENNETH SMITHSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- ROBERT ANTHONY CHAPPSergeant · April 14, 1967
- RALPH JEAN TURCOTTELance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- RODGER LEE FORTUNESpecialist Four · May 26, 1967
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.