Sammie Don Hoff

Vietnam War
Unit497th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromKenedy Texas
Date of DeathAugust 30 1966
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Hoff was a member of the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On August 30, 1966, he was the bombardier/navigator of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4C) on a mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam when his aircraft was hit by hostile fire and crashed. His remains were recovered on December 15, 1988 and identified on April 18, 1989. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.