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RONALD WAYNE HOBBS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1945 – February 12, 1966
Service recordRonald Wayne Hobbs, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 26
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 26
- THEODORE F TAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · February 11, 1966
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- FREDERIC R DELANGEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- KENNETH RAY HORNEPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD GEORGE THOMASSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 28
- DENNIS J TULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 28
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW GUYPetty Officer Third Class · October 8, 1967
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.