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RONALD ALEX STALEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1946 – June 5, 1970
Service recordRonald Alex Staley, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 17
- STEVEN RUSSELL STEFANSKISergeant · June 5, 1970
- ARCHIE EDWARD TRIMMPrivate First Class · June 5, 1970
- ALFRED FRANCIS WIGGINS JRPrivate · June 5, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD BECKLEYSpecialist Four · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK BRYANCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 12
- VERNON FLETCHER HOVEY IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 14
- RANDY LEE MASTSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 15
- CHARLES A RICHARDSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 16
- ARCHIE EDWARD TRIMMPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 17
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.