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RONALD THOMAS HOFFMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 6, 1950 – March 6, 1971
Service recordRonald Thomas Hoffman, of Boulder, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1971, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 28
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Boulder, Colorado (Boulder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 28
- JOHN FLOYD HUMMELChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 6, 1971
- KENNETH HAROLD JONESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1971
- JOHN ALBERT LUKESpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
- FRANCIS DAVID LUPOPetty Officer Second Class · March 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL WEBSTER ALLEN JRSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 26
- KENNETH HAROLD JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 28
- TERRY LEE MCCLANAHANSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 29
- HARVEY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 30
From Boulder
- MANFRED BERTOLD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1965
- GARY W PLATTStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- LADD ROBERT CONDYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES LAWLORAirman Second Class · September 4, 1966
- JAMES WILLIE ADKISSONStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT SHAPARDSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK MCGOWENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS PESCHELPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DONN PETER ZARINASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- SCOTT THOMAS NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1969
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.