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ROBERT FRANCIS RONCA
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 21, 1923 – February 19, 1965
Service recordRobert Francis Ronca, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 19, 1965, in Laos, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 21, 1923
- Home of record
- Norristown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1965
- Age
- 41
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1965. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 93
- RONALD SEFTON GAFFNEYSpecialist Five · February 19, 1965
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- LAWRENCE WICKS JORDANCaptain · February 21, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
From Norristown
- WILLIAM RICHARD REESE JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- NILS ARDEN DRENNENPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JOHN ELLWOOD SCHEETZPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM BRADYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DAVID BRAUCH LEFEVERCorporal · September 6, 1967
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
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.