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HOFF RALPH HENRY VONDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1948 – August 28, 1970
Service recordHoff Ralph Henry Vonder, of Traverse City, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Traverse City, Michigan (Grand Traverse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 20
- DONALD RICHARD SMITHCorporal · August 28, 1970
- THEODORE ANTHONY WOLTERSPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- DAVID JAMES AMHEISERCorporal · August 29, 1970
- MELVIN CARROLL BATES JRSergeant · August 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALFONZA FOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 18
- THEODORE ANTHONY WOLTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 20
From Traverse City
- THOMAS NEIL YAGLELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- WARREN W COBLEYSergeant First Class · July 8, 1966
- RICHARD LEE OTTELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- MELVIN UDELSON WANGESHIKSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS MEREDITH MCNABBSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES HARRINGTONPrivate · June 4, 1968
- JAMES IVAN JAQUISHSpecialist Four · September 25, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK MCQUEERSpecialist Four · November 11, 1969
- GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSONCorporal · February 4, 1970
- RICHARD HENRY DEFERMajor · October 18, 1971
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.