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RONAL LOYD WILLIAMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1949 – February 18, 1970
Service recordRonal Loyd Williams, of New Martinsville, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 6, 1949
- Home of record
- New Martinsville, West Virginia (Wetzel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 30
- PATRICK OWEN POMPELLASergeant · February 18, 1970
- DAVID FRANCIS SKALAPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- ERIC WYCKOFF TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · February 18, 1970
- THOMAS ALBERT WILLIAMSLance Corporal · February 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EUGENE MULLENSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 29
From New Martinsville
- ROBERT LEE AGARCorporal · October 29, 1967
- HOWARD ROBERT CROTHERSFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
- BRIAN LEWIS LONGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
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.