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RODNEY ALLEN HOHN
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 24, 1950 – May 5, 1969
Service recordRodney Allen Hohn, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 6
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 6
- LAFE INGRAMPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- ANTHONY BERNARD JONESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- RICHARD LEON LASSITERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- SINCLAIR BYRON LEWIS JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN LEE GRAYSONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 5
- ROBERT DALE HARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 7
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 8
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.