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RONALD BURNS REYNOLDS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – May 8, 1969
Service recordRonald Burns Reynolds, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 21
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 21
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BORGESPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES BRASHEARLieutenant Colonel · May 8, 1969
- MIGUEL EUGENIO BRIALESSergeant · May 8, 1969
- CARL NORMAN CLUTTERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTURO PELAJIOPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 20
- MIGUEL EUGENIO BRIALESSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 21
- DWAYNE ROBERT PICKARTCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 24
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.