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JAMES ROBERT RONE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 8, 1948 – October 1, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Rone, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Arkansas (Craighead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 59
- KENNETH MICHAEL PLAVCANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD POCHRONSpecialist Five · October 1, 1968
- JOHN ALEX RAUSCHSergeant · October 1, 1968
- RICHARD WAYNE SANDERSSpecialist Four · October 1, 1968
From Jonesboro
- BRITT TELL JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD CRAINSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD EUGENE STROUDSergeant · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT RAY MCGINNISSergeant · July 2, 1969
- GEORGE D HENRY JRCaptain · August 13, 1970
- JOSEPH LEE CHAMBERSFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1970
- BENNIE RAY HIVELYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
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.