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JAMES RONALD CASH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 28, 1948 – June 28, 1969
Service recordJames Ronald Cash, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 27
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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 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1948
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 27
- CLIFFORD DEVON WRIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 27, 1969
- JAMES DONALD ZEBERTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK BROWNLance Corporal · June 28, 1969
- THOMAS ANTONE CINCOTTAPrivate First Class · June 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EMERY LOUIS KORELSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 28
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.