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RONALD CHARLES THIEX
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1948 – March 3, 1969
Service recordRonald Charles Thiex, of Bowler, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 33
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Bowler, Wisconsin (Shawano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 33
- RAY THOMAS SHAUM JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- LESTER RAY STONE JRSergeant · March 3, 1969
- PHILIP JOSEPH TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- WAYNE WINSTON TEEPLESpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAUL ALVARADO JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 18
- DEAN WARD MOEHRINGSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 27
- CALVIN EDMUNDSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 28
- DUANE CARL PAEPKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 28
- LESTER RAY STONE JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 33
- RONALD J VANDENBERGSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 34
- OLIVER KENNETH WEBBPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 34
From Bowler
- ROGER ALLEN RICKERTCorporal · September 27, 1968
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.