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RONALD DENNIS SLAYTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1946 – January 15, 1969
Service recordRonald Dennis Slayton, of Sikeston, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 10
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Sikeston, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 10
- ROBERTO RAMOSLance Corporal · January 15, 1969
- STEVE RONALD REISERSergeant · January 15, 1969
- MICHAEL MELVIN SPARKColonel · January 15, 1969
- NICHOLAS JOHN SWIDONOVICHFirst Lieutenant · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS HENRY CORWIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 6
- STERLING EDWARD COXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 6
- WILLIAM ALLEN CURRENCECaptain · Panel 34W, Line 6
- GARFIELD M LANGHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 9
- JAMES BIRCH PETTEYSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 9
- NICHOLAS JOHN SWIDONOVICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 10
From Sikeston
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · June 4, 1966
- MICHAEL KENNETH BOARDMANLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WYATTStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1968
- CLARENCE DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- VIRGIL BURKS JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- CLARENCE WAYNE TEMPLETONCorporal · April 15, 1970
- ALAN HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- CURTERS JOSEPH BURNETTPrivate · November 21, 1970
- LESLIE LEROY KARNESSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
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.