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RONALD CHARLES HUDSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1943 – September 12, 1969
Service recordRonald Charles Hudson, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 75
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 75
- JAMES STANLEY BRISTERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1969
- STEPHAN LEE HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE DAVID JACKSONSergeant · September 12, 1969
- BEDFORD FREDERICK WHITEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BEDFORD FREDERICK WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 75
- GERHARD M ROLFSPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 76
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.