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RONALD ALTON WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – June 13, 1968
Service recordRonald Alton Wilson, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 15
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 15
- ALLEN RAY WEAMERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE WERLEYSpecialist Four · June 13, 1968
- LEONARD RAY WHITECorporal · June 13, 1968
- HENRY EUGENE WOOLEYSergeant · June 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CHARLES CUPPCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 8
- WILLIAM ARCHIE GRITTSCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 9
- RICHARD THOMAS HUGGETTSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 10
- RAUL RAMOS-JIMENEZSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 11
- GARY LYLE RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 12
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- GARY LEON VANTOLCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
- FORREST EDWARD WARDCorporal · Panel 57W, Line 14
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.