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ROBERT EDWIN RUONAVAARA
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
August 7, 1943 – March 29, 1967
Service recordRobert Edwin Ruonavaara, of Healdsburg, California, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 69
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Healdsburg, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 69
- HERBERT CHARLES RICECaptain · March 29, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD AMESPetty Officer Second Class · March 30, 1967
- ALBERT GABRIEL ANTERPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
From Healdsburg
- WILLIAM EUGENE MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · August 9, 1965
- CLINTON RUSSELL ANDERSONSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWEY THOMPSON JRPetty Officer Second Class · December 15, 1967
- DONALD HUSTON COLEMANStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
- THOMAS MILES PHILLIPSCorporal · September 13, 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.