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RONALD DAVID HORN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 24, 1938 – October 3, 1968
Service recordRonald David Horn, of Eunice, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 69
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 2 BN 13 ARTY
- Born
- November 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Eunice, New Mexico (Lea County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 69
- DONALD GENE CLEAVERStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1968
- RALPH TAYLOR HIGDONChief Warrant Officer 3 · October 3, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 3, 1968
- GREGORY THOMAS JONESSergeant · October 3, 1968
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.