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WILEY DEAN HOOKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1944 – May 9, 1970
Service recordWiley Dean Hooks, of Metter, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 6
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Journalist (71Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Metter, Georgia (Candler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 6
- TERRY LYNN HENRYWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1970
- COLIN PLUMMER HURDFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1970
- DOUGLAS JOHN ITRISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
- MICHAEL GREGORY JENSONStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RHONALD LEE DURHAMCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 5
- JOHN AUSTIN MARRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 7
From Metter
- ROYNALD EDWARD TAYLORStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- LEWIS LAMAR BIGGERSCorporal · August 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.