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RONALD BRUCE STILLIONS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 13, 1948 – April 21, 1970
Service recordRonald Bruce Stillions, of Bloomington, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 32
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Indiana (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 32
- ERIC GEORGE OHMStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD POWELLMajor · April 21, 1970
- WILLIAM F RICHARDSONCorporal · April 21, 1970
- GARY ALLEN SCHOBORGSergeant · April 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY WAYNE MANSTISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 31
- RANDE LEE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 31
From Bloomington
- KENNETH LEE WALTERSSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- JAMES ARNOLD WORKMANSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- ALAN THOMAS READPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- EUGENE ALLEN PARISHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- CHARLES PATRICK LIROTPrivate First Class · November 26, 1967
- WALTER MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate · February 11, 1968
- BOBBY WILSONSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- HARRY TILLMAN NIGGLELieutenant Colonel · February 5, 1969
- BRUCE WILLIAM SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · March 28, 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.