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RONALD DEAN LEFEBVRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 4, 1950 – November 22, 1970
Service recordRonald Dean Lefebvre, of Sarasota, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Sarasota, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 78
- MICHAEL TERRY MARTINSpecialist Four · November 22, 1970
- ROGER LEE RITSCHARDCorporal · November 22, 1970
- DOUGLASS TERRELL WHELESSCaptain · November 22, 1970
- DANIEL JOSEPH CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LARRY HUDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 77
- MICHAEL TERRY MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 78
From Sarasota
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- WILLIAM WALTER NICKERSONCorporal · August 18, 1965
- MICHAEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- PRUITT HENRY CHEANEYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS NERECKCorporal · March 2, 1967
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- MARLIN JAMES GOODHUESergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- WILLIAM LINDLEY CANTERLance Corporal · July 15, 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.