Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: Headquarters & Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 17-Jun-1947
Hometown: Chehalis, Washington
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 23-Aug-1967
Start of tour: 13-Jan-1968
Incident date: 23-Jul-1968
Date of casualty: 23-Jul-1968
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
John Michael Hogue died from wounds received while driver of military vehicle on convoy mission when vehicle hit hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Claquato Cemetery, Chehalis, Washington, USA
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