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RONALD DWIGHT DUCKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 11, 1945 – March 3, 1968
Service recordRonald Dwight Ducker, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 42E, Line 50
- ALBERT ROYCE DISMUKEFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1968
- EDWIN RAY EDWARDSStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1968
- MICHAEL J FARRISSeaman · March 3, 1968
- ERNEST EUGENE FAWKSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE WAYNE GARNERPrivate · Panel 42E, Line 51
- LAWRENCE EDWARD JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 52
- VICTOR A JUSTINIANO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 52
- DONALD WAYNE LATTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 53
- DONALD A NAHODIL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 54
- DAVID ROBERT OGLESpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 55
- DOMINGO ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 55
- CHARLES GREGORY ROSSCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 57
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 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.