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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William Hadley Hosea.

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WILLIAM HADLEY HOSEA

Captain · U.S. Air Force

August 18, 1936 – March 29, 1967

Service record

William Hadley Hosea, of Acton, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 17E · Line 67

Position of Panel 17E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
August 18, 1936
Home of record
Acton, Indiana (Marion County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 29, 1967
Age
30
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

16 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 17E, Line 67

From Acton

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.