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RONALD DEAN MCILRAVY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – July 29, 1967
Service recordRonald Dean McIlravy, of Wessington Springs, South Dakota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Wessington Springs, South Dakota (Jerauld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 35
- CHARLES EDWARD LONGAirman · July 29, 1967
- BRIAN DUAINE MCCONAHAYAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES GERALD MCGOVERNLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- RONALD LEE MCJUNKINLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ERVIL THOMAS BRAYCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 17
- CHARLES EDWARD ROLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 41
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.