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CHARLES KENNETH RONZANI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1948 – July 13, 1968
Service recordCharles Kenneth Ronzani, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 24
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
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 24
- RONALD EDWARD PILLOWCorporal · July 13, 1968
- RAYMOND DOUGLAS ROBINSONPetty Officer Third Class · July 13, 1968
- JAMES HENRY ROMANSKILieutenant (junior grade) · July 13, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL WOBBEPetty Officer Third Class · July 13, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.