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HARRY RONALD HOSKINSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 2, 1941 – December 13, 1965
Service recordHarry Ronald Hoskinson, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 15
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 15
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- LEO WILLIAM LEVESQUEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1965
- NATHANIEL WASHINGTONPrivate · December 13, 1965
- PAUL JOSEPH SIMONCaptain · December 14, 1965
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
- JOHN CLINE STRICKLER JRCaptain · January 20, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.