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RICHARD JERRY HORNBACK
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1947 – May 17, 1969
Service recordRichard Jerry Hornback, of Bend, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Bend, Oregon (Deschutes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 31
- HARVEY NORMAN HEDSTROMFirst Sergeant · May 17, 1969
- LAWRENCE EDWARD HITCHENSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT HULL JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
- JOHN ALVIE NICHOLASSergeant · May 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR JAMES ARTKOPSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 28
From Bend
- BENNIE LEE DEXTERTechnical Sergeant · May 9, 1966
- DON EDWARD DARNALLLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- WILLIAM HARMON KOHOLance Corporal · March 14, 1967
- DOUGLAS DAVIS COFFMANCorporal · August 13, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD KLAWITTERLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · May 21, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE SPENCER JRCorporal · November 12, 1968
- MARVIN H BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- REX EARL RADERSpecialist Five · April 1, 1969
- EDWARD MAYNARD HANSONPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
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.