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WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKER
Captain · U.S. Army
June 30, 1940 – September 5, 1967
Service recordWilliam Eddie Hocker, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 1
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 26E, Line 1
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS LAPORTEChief Petty Officer · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD BILL LOZANOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1967
- DAVID GLENN WOODRUFFAirman First Class · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DIETER HANS BURGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 113
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 4
From Statesville
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- LONNIE CHARLES LAWSCorporal · September 1, 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.