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RONALD RAY HORNBROOK
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 14, 1944 – November 16, 1965
Service recordRonald Ray Hornbrook, of Venice, Louisiana, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 16, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 66
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 4 MAR
- Born
- August 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Venice, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 66
- DONALD GEORGE GREENCaptain · November 16, 1965
- TOMMIE KEETONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1965
- BILLY MELTON KNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- REAVIS A MONTREY JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
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.