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RONALD ANTHONY GOLWITZER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1928 – August 22, 1968
Service recordRonald Anthony Golwitzer, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 28
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Communitions Chief (31G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1928
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 28
- PHILIP WADE HUNTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- PAUL ANDREW JEROME JRFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
- JOHN C KENNEBREWSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- ARGESTLAR KING JRLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ELMER PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 25
- LARRY DAVIDSON COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 26
- PHILIP T DELORENZO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 26
- GILBERT KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 29
- PAUL FRANCIS OLEARYPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 30
- ANTHONY NEAL REVAKSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 31
- ROBERT BRUCE SANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 32
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · Panel 47W, Line 32
- THOMAS KING SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 47W, Line 33
- ARCADIO TORRES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 34
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.