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RONALD GORDON HACK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 5, 1947 – September 10, 1968
Service recordRonald Gordon Hack, of Beaver Falls, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 17
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Beaver Falls, New York (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 17
- RICHARD LEE JERNIGANStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1968
- LOYD ELLIS JONESPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- THOMAS EARL LANGHPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- ALFREDO LOPEZ JRPrivate First Class · September 10, 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.