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HONORED ON PANEL 2E, LINE 5 OF THE WALL
WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVER
WALL NAME
WILLIAM C HOOVER
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2E/5
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LEFT FOR WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVER
POSTED ON 6.14.2024
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Camp Hoover main entrance
POSTED ON 3.23.2024
POSTED BY: Edward Louis Keith
Truly Heroic Seabees
I remember. Many remember the other Seabee at Dong Xoai that won a Medel of Honor but lost his life. My privilege was to step aboard a Pan Am DC-8 Freedom bird at 9:00AM on that June 10,1965. As we stepped aboard, we watched four USAF C-123 transports being loaded with Vietnamese Airborne troops. They dropped into Dong Xoai and were slaughtered. The joy of going home was tempered by the feeling that so many Americans were dying only 58 miles to the Northwest. William Hoover and the others killed that day were a sad reminder that we didn’t all come back. The Seabees lost at Dong Xoai were hero’s, not because they died, but because they exhibited courage beyond that displayed by so many young men. Many Army Special Forces and Army Chopper crews died in that battle. The Seabees certainly prevented more American losses that day, having worked to build and strengthen the Camp defenses, and then for their outstanding contribution to holding off such a huge enemy attack. That is why I hold those Seabees as being so heroic. Ed Keith, formerly US Army
POSTED ON 10.21.2022
POSTED BY: John Fabris
do not stand at my grave and weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.
POSTED ON 6.9.2021
POSTED BY: Grateful Vietnam Vet
Bronze Star Medal Award for Valor
Petty Officer Second Class William Clifton Hoover was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, with Combat Distinguishing Device (V), for his exemplary gallantry in action. He served as a Steel Worker Second Class and was assigned to TEAM 1104, NMCB-11, 3RD NC BDE.
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