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RONALD CORY SAFFELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1949 – December 16, 1968
Service recordRonald Cory Saffell, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 31
- RICHARD WAYNE RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- JAMES MONROE RUSHINGSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 1968
- ROBERT NEIL SANDERSStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- CEDRICK LOUVANE SMARTStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAMIRO INFANZON-COLONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 29
- ZYGMUNT KOWALEWSKISergeant First Class · Panel 36W, Line 30
- RICHARD WAYNE RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 31
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
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.