Sammie Don Hoff was a First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force when he went Missing in Action in North Vietnam on 30 August 1966. Hoff was born on24 September 1941, and his home city of record is Kenedy, Texas. Hoff's remains were returned in 1988 and identified in 1989. |
Remarks
EJECT - BRIEF RAD CTC
The Incident
Captain Kenneth D. Robinson, pilot, and 1Lt. Sammie D. Hoff, bomber/navigator, were the crew of an F4C Phantom fighter/bomber sent on a mission over North Vietnam on August 30, 1966.
When the aircraft was over Quang Binh Province, it was shot down, and the pilot gave the order to eject. Hoff, the backseater, ejected first, and other aircraft in the area had brief radio contact with him. It is assumed that Robinson also safely ejected.
In early 1989, the U.S. announced that remains previously turned over to them by the Vietnamese had been positively identified as 1Lt. Hoff and Capt. Robinson. The question is, when did they die ... and why did it taken so long for them to come home?
Sources
Biographical and incident of loss information was obtained from either POW/NET and/or Task Force Omega, Inc (unless otherwise noted). Additional information may be found via remembrances at The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund or The Virtual Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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