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WAYNE ALLEN HOKENSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 2, 1947 – March 31, 1968
Service recordWayne Allen Hokenson, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 22
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 22
- MICHAEL RODNEY GREENIDGELance Corporal · March 31, 1968
- MARK EDWARD HODELConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- GERALD LYNN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR BURMAN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 27
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.