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RONALD WAYNE HACKNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1941 – January 30, 1971
Service recordRonald Wayne Hackney, of Orleans, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1971, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 69
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Orleans, Indiana (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kien Phong Province that day. In January 1971, 259 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 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 69
- ALLEN CHARLES ELLSpecialist Four · January 30, 1971
- RAFAEL GARCIAPAGANPrivate · January 30, 1971
- RONALD NORMAN JASINSKIChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 30, 1971
- PAUL EDGAR LEEPrivate First Class · January 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RAFAEL GARCIAPAGANPrivate · Panel 5W, Line 69
- PAUL EDGAR LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 69
From Orleans
- JACKIE LYNN SANDERSPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN BROWNPrivate First Class · June 19, 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.