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RONALD ANTHONY SPUDIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1950 – December 11, 1971
Service recordRonald Anthony Spudis, of Havre De Grace, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Havre De Grace, Maryland (Harford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 86
- PHILIP S GALLAGHER IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1971
- ISADORE JENKINSSpecialist Four · December 11, 1971
- HOWELL WAYNE BURNSPrivate First Class · December 12, 1971
- JERRY NORMAN DUFFEYSergeant · December 12, 1971
From Havre De Grace
- LAWRENCE L RINGGOLD JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ROGER BERTHA MILLSSergeant · January 31, 1968
- RAYMOND R HITCHCOCK JRSergeant · June 24, 1968
- FRANKLIN BRADLEY GILBERTSergeant · February 15, 1969
- STANLEY EUGENE MCCREARYPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
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.