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RONALD DALE BOND
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 30, 1930 – March 11, 1968
Service recordRonald Dale Bond, of Fargo, North Dakota, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 11, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 14
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 604 ACS PACAF
- Born
- July 30, 1930
- Home of record
- Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Phuoc Tuy Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 14
- JESS BURTON BOICOURT JRCorporal · March 11, 1968
- BENNY CHARLES BURNSSergeant · March 11, 1968
- JAMES HENRY CALFEEMaster Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- JAMES WOODROW DAVISStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD FRANCISAirman First Class · March 11, 1968
From Fargo
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JRCorporal · July 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 1969
- DAVID ARLEN WALDERACaptain · April 2, 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.