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RONALD CHARLES OGLESBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1948 – March 10, 1968
Service recordRonald Charles Oglesby, of Heavener, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Heavener, Oklahoma (Le Flore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 10
- LEWIS WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY IIICorporal · March 10, 1968
- MARSHALL DAYLE NELSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- CHARLES OLIVERPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
From Heavener
- BILLY RONALD ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- FREDDIE LEON SONAGGERASecond Lieutenant · April 17, 1968
- R G CAUTHRONCorporal · July 9, 1968
- LUKE JUNIOR AZLINSpecialist Four · June 6, 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.