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RONALD ELLSWORTH HODGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1949 – April 18, 1970
Service recordRonald Ellsworth Hodge, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 22
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 22
- MARTIN CODY CARRSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- DANIEL F KASZUBOWSKISpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- ANTHONY SANTANA LUGOSpecialist Four · April 18, 1970
- LEROY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · April 18, 1970
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
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.