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RONALD DAVID MELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1948 – January 25, 1969
Service recordRonald David Melton, of Whitwell, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Whitwell, Tennessee (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 77
- ROBERT MALCOLM LANGSLOWHospitalman · January 25, 1969
- FERNANDO LEONARD LOZANOSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- JAMES ALFRED LUCKEYSpecialist Four · January 25, 1969
- JOSEPH LYNN MEADEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES DEFERPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 75
- ROBERTO DOMINGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 75
- ULYSSES GRANT QUEENER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 79
From Whitwell
- GARY ELDON PERKINSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON MOSESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- DILLARD RAY LAYNEPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- GARY BREWSTER KILGORESpecialist Four · August 24, 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.