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WILLIAM FOSTER HOOK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1949 – August 1, 1968
Service recordWilliam Foster Hook JR, of Mcclure, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Mcclure, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 46
- ALLAN GREGORY SWAIMSergeant · August 1, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES THOMPSONColonel · August 1, 1968
- THEODORE JAY WHITLOCKPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- MATTHEW WOODSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD MARTIN BABIARZSpecialist Four · Panel 50W, Line 40
- EARL AKIO OKUMURAPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 42
From Mcclure
- LEROY HENRY ROMIGPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- CARL ALVIN JONESSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
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.