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RONNIE ELLIS HOGBIN
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 27, 1940 – May 25, 1969
Service recordRonnie Ellis Hogbin, of Miami Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 103
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Miami Beach, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 103
- DAVID BOUNDS HERRINGCorporal · May 25, 1969
- WESLEY GENE ICEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- DONALD WILLIAM IDEFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1969
- GARY MCCOLLOUGHCorporal · May 25, 1969
From Miami Beach
- DAVID JOSEPH PHILLIPS JRCaptain · July 3, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CARROLLCaptain · October 5, 1966
- TILDEN BRUCE ZANEPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN SZPONDERSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
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.