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WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 4, 1939 – June 10, 1965
Service recordWilliam Clifton Hoover, of San Diego, California, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 10, 1965, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 5
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Steelworker (SW)
- Born
- December 4, 1939
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1965; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 5
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- WALTER LOUIS HALLCaptain · June 10, 1965
- CHARLES OWEN JENKINS JRSergeant · June 10, 1965
- BRUCE GARDNER JOHNSONLieutenant Colonel · June 10, 1965
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ABBOTTCaptain · April 20, 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.