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RONALD ANTHONY LONGFELLOW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1951 – January 19, 1972
Service recordRonald Anthony Longfellow, of Chalfont, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 99
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 22, 1951
- Home of record
- Chalfont, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 99
- HAROLD DAVID KRASHESLieutenant Colonel · January 20, 1972
- DWIGHT JED MINNIEARSpecialist Four · January 20, 1972
- JIMMY LYN DUNAGANSergeant · January 21, 1972
- JOSEPH JOHN SLIFKA JRFirst Lieutenant · January 21, 1972
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.