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RONALD ALLEN SAPP
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1946 – March 23, 1966
Service recordRonald Allen Sapp, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 42
- BIENVENIDO GENIZA DONAPetty Officer Third Class · March 23, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- GEORGE PAUL KINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 43
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
- BOOKER TEE MCCOY JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 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.