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RHONALD LEE DURHAM
Captain · U.S. Army
December 12, 1940 – May 9, 1970
Service recordRhonald Lee Durham, of Somerset, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Somerset, Kentucky (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 5
- THOMAS JOSEPH FOX JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- JOHNNY LEE FULTONSergeant · May 9, 1970
- STEPHEN HAROLD HAIGHTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
- CHESTER GENE HALLSergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILEY DEAN HOOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 6
- JOHN AUSTIN MARRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 7
From Somerset
- LARRY ALAN BULLOCKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- ERVIL THOMAS BRAYCorporal · July 29, 1967
- JIMMY EDWIN FLYNNSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
- GEORGE MCDONALD HINESCorporal · January 8, 1970
- FREDDIE D MIZESergeant · March 21, 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.