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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ronald Charles Logan.

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RONALD CHARLES LOGAN

Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force

February 14, 1943 – March 29, 1966

Service record

Ronald Charles Logan, of St Joseph, Missouri, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 29, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6E · Line 60

Position of Panel 6E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman First Class (A1C)
Service
Regular
Born
February 14, 1943
Home of record
St Joseph, Missouri (Buchanan County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 29, 1966
Age
23
Province
Pleiku
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

12 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1966; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 6E, Line 60

From St Joseph

All 27 names from St Joseph →

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.