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RONALD B HAMBLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1945 – July 20, 1967
Service recordRonald B Hamblin, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 94
- RONALD RICHARD BARCALOWPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- EVERETT EDWARD FOSTERLieutenant Colonel · July 20, 1967
- THOMAS GURLEYPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- MICHAEL J MENCHISE JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 95
- RALPH MCGUIN STACEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 95
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.