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RONALD VENTION HACKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 8, 1948 – April 3, 1969
Service recordRonald Vention Hacker, of Massillon, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Massillon, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 5
- LONNIE HILTON HENDRICKSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HUFFLance Corporal · April 3, 1969
- PERRY HENRY JEFFERSONMajor · April 3, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · April 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 5
- EDWARD FRANCIS MORRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 6
- GENE LEWIS WHITESergeant · Panel 27W, Line 8
From Massillon
- TIMOTHY DALE BERRYLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COYNELance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ELLSWORTH FUCHSLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN BETHUNESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- LAMONT DOUGLAS HILLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE NULPH JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- PAUL RAY MADDOXSergeant · December 23, 1967
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SINNOCKSergeant · May 30, 1968
- TERRY CHIP WELTYSpecialist Four · September 5, 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.