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JAMES RONALD FIRKUS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 30, 1945 – April 23, 1971
Service recordJames Ronald Firkus, of Eagle Bend, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 4
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Eagle Bend, Minnesota (Todd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 4
- WILLIAM EDWARD COLLUMCaptain · April 23, 1971
- EDWARD WALTER CORCORANSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
- NORMAN CHARLES FISCHERSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
- FIDENCIO FLORES JRSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE BRUMMERSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 3
- WILLIAM EDWARD COLLUMCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 4
From Eagle Bend
- RONALD CLIFFORD FRANSENStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1968
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.