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RONALD DUANE CAREY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 10, 1948 – March 5, 1970
Service recordRonald Duane Carey, of Romney, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 84
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Romney, Indiana (Tippecanoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 84
- RICHARD DENNIS ATORMajor · March 5, 1970
- HECTOR LUIS CARABALLOSpecialist Four · March 5, 1970
- JOHN JAMES CRAVEYFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1970
- MIGUEL RAMOS GARCIACorporal · March 5, 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.