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RONALD BRIAN KERNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – September 10, 1967
Service recordRonald Brian Kerner, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 47
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
66 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 47
- EDWARD WRAY KINESCorporal · September 10, 1967
- RAYMOND ROLAND LAPOINTELance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- JAMES GARFIELD LAWSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- EDGAR WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM HEIFNERPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
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.