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RONALD CLIFTON WEEMS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1949 – February 22, 1969
Service recordRonald Clifton Weems, of Florence, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 85
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Florence, Mississippi (Rankin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 85
- ROBERT WILLIAM TOPHAM JRCorporal · February 22, 1969
- KEVIN EDWARD TWEEDLEPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- MICHAEL ALAN VOSSPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
- RHENA CHARLES WEBSTERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN RAY GRAHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 78
- CARL NOEL KOZMAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 79
- FREDERICK W KULICKE IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 80
- RANDAL LEE ROGERSSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 83
- DONALD VINCENT SALLERPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 83
From Florence
- WILLIE HARPER JRPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- EARNEST SHELBY WARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- ALBERT CHARLES BUTLERLieutenant Colonel · March 22, 1969
- GEORGE OLIVER BOATWRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
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.