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RONALD DEAN SHEPHERD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 30, 1946 – July 5, 1967
Service recordRonald Dean Shepherd, of Watertown, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 15
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Watertown, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 15
- TIMOTHY JUDD SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- ANDREW PAUL STEIN JRSergeant · July 5, 1967
- MARVIN OWENS STEVENSLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- KENNETH JOHN STUTESLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
From Watertown
- MICHAEL PAUL BARTELMELance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DALE WAYNE SCHWEFELPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES WAGNERPrivate First Class · February 22, 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.