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RONALD BRUCE CHURAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1948 – August 30, 1969
Service recordRonald Bruce Churan, of Port Neches, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Port Neches, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 10
- RICHARD MICHAEL ARNOVITZFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1969
- MARVIN JEAN BUTTERFIELDChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 30, 1969
- DUANE ALAN CLEFISCHSpecialist Four · August 30, 1969
- ROBERT VERNON GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 30, 1969
From Port Neches
- ELMER LYNN SPIVEYSergeant · April 29, 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.