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RONALD DAVID CHALOU
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 20, 1949 – July 13, 1969
Service recordRonald David Chalou, of Mt Clemens, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 111
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Mt Clemens, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 111
- ROBERT HOWARD BURGESSPetty Officer First Class · July 13, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM COLECorporal · July 13, 1969
- THOMAS LESTER DUKESSpecialist Five · July 13, 1969
- THOMAS F FANNING JRSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- REYNALDO MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 113
- GEORGE ALLEN WORKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 114
From Mt Clemens
- JERRY LEE ROBERTSCorporal · September 1, 1965
- TERENCE RONALD TANGENPrivate · June 10, 1966
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- ELMER FRED KEPSELPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · March 20, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HANSELMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- MARVIN HAROLD JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 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.