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RONALD CHARLES BAKEWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1948 – August 2, 1968
Service recordRonald Charles Bakewell, of East Millsboro, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 48
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
- January 17, 1948
- Home of record
- East Millsboro, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 48
- RONALD NORMAN BLOOMSergeant · August 2, 1968
- RICHARD IRVING BORNHEIMERSpecialist Five · August 2, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD CLOUGHPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- DAVID CHAUNCEY CRANELance Corporal · August 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WARREN ARVIDSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50W, Line 47
- RICHARD IRVING BORNHEIMERSpecialist Five · Panel 50W, Line 48
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.