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WILLIE HOOVER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1943 – June 13, 1972
Service recordWillie Hoover JR, of Anniston, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1972, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Electronics Materiel Supply Specialist (76U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Anniston, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1972
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1972; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Khanh Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 42
- MARK FREDERICK BIAGINISergeant · June 13, 1972
- FRANCIS JOHN DAVISLieutenant Commander · June 14, 1972
- PAUL HENDERSON LAWING JRSergeant · June 14, 1972
- JESUS GARCIA SEPULVEDAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1972
From Anniston
- EDWARD CHARLES UPNERStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- WAYMOND NELSON STEPHENSONPrivate · February 15, 1966
- ALLAN RAY CHAFFINLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- FRANK PAUL JENKINS JRLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- CHARLES DEAN POPECorporal · December 27, 1967
- JAMES DAVID CRAFTCorporal · April 19, 1968
- ROBERT HAL MUNDYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- PAUL RICHARD STANDRIDGEStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- FRANCHOT TONE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DAVID J ALEXANDER JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.