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RONALD DEAN DESKINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1947 – April 3, 1969
Service recordRonald Dean Deskins, of Chehalis, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 4
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Chehalis, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 4
- JAMES WILLIAM AGNEWSergeant · April 3, 1969
- RICHARD BERNARD BRUSHSergeant · April 3, 1969
- PETER BUGBEE CHRISTIANSONMajor · April 3, 1969
- LONDON CONAWAYCorporal · April 3, 1969
From Chehalis
- HARRY D LUNDPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- ALLEN HENRY MARINSICSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- LARRY JOHN WALTERMANPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- LESLIE EUGENE MURRAYPetty Officer Second Class · March 1, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL HOGUESpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- JOHN ROGER POWERSSergeant · April 25, 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.