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RONALD AVERY MALL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1946 – April 13, 1972
Service recordRonald Avery Mall, of Farmington, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 136
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1972. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 136
- DAVID LEVERETT LEETCaptain · April 13, 1972
- MITCHEL ANTHONY DOWDYSergeant · April 14, 1972
- JOSEPH GALES GREENLEAFLieutenant · April 14, 1972
- CLEMIE MCKINNEYLieutenant Commander · April 14, 1972
From Farmington
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · August 27, 1966
- MICHAEL JOE KRUGSergeant · September 30, 1967
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD DWAYNE FAIRCLOTHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- JAMES GARLAND SANDERSSpecialist Five · October 25, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1969
- FILEMON SERRANOPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · March 24, 1969
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · October 26, 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.