Sgt
Clinton
M
Hoy
Born in Herrick, Gregory, South Dakota, United States
Son of Isaac Thomas Hoy
and Helena (Ullrich) Hoy
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 32
in At Sea, Pacific Ocean between Guam and Philippines
Profile last modified
| Created 16 May 2021
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* Clinton was on an airplane with ninety-two other American *
* military personnel on the way to a secret mission in Vietnam *
* when Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 was lost in the Pacific Ocean *
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Biography
Space:Army Names Plane Victims
- Sgt. Clinton M Hoy, husband of Mrs. Maria Hoy, 300 Carrol Drive N.W., Sierra Vista, Ariz.Anderson Herald
Clinton M hoy, son of Isaac Thomas Hoy (1884-1950) and Helena Ullrich (1886-), was born in 1930 in South Dakota. He was one of six siblings. Clinton married Maria Unknown on 18 December 1954 in Salzburg, Austria. Maria was born in Klagenfurt, Karnten, Austria, on 30 July 1925, "and now resides at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona.
Clinton was among the 92 service men lost in the Flying Tiger disaster.
- March 15, 1962, three years before American combat troops were sent to Vietnam, 104 people lost their lives when a charter flight operated by Flying Tiger Line on behalf of the Military Air Transport Service was lost in the Pacific Ocean while en route to Saigon, Vietnam, on a secret mission. No wreckage or remains were ever found. Flying Tiger flight 739
- Cenotaph:
- Tiger Flight 739 Memorial
- Columbia Falls, Washington County, Maine, USA[1]
U.S. Census
- 1930 - Herrick, Gregory, South Dakota, USA
- Isaac T Hoy 46 Head, Iowa, blacksmith
- Helena Hoy, 37 Wife, Romania
- John T Hoy, 14 Son, South Dakota
- Benjman Hoy, 12 Son, South Dakota
- Helen S Hoy, 9 Daughter, South Dakota
- Margaret C Hoy, 7 Daughter, South Dakota
- Martin F Hoy, 3 Son, South Dakota
- Clinton M Hoy, 0 Son, South Dakota[2]
- 1940 - Herrick, Gregory, South Dakota
- Isaac T Hoy 55 Head
- Helene Hoy, 47 Wife
- John I Hoy, 24 Son
- Jake B Hoy, 21 Son
- Margaret C Hoy, 17 Daughter
- Martin F Hoy, 13 Son
- Clinton M Hoy, 10 Son[3]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2730594/tiger-flight-739-memorial
- ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Herrick, Gregory, South Dakota; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2341957. 1930 U.S. census, South Dakota
- ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Herrick, Gregory, South Dakota; Roll: m-t0627-03856; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 27-13. 1940 U.S. census, South Dakota
- Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/227134819/clinton-hoy : accessed 23 May 2021), memorial page for SGT Clinton Hoy (unknown–16 Mar 1962), Find A Grave: Memorial #227134819, citing Tiger Flight 739 Memorial, Columbia Falls, Washington County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Kerry (contributor 48011981).
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