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RONALD EDWARD AMES
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 12, 1940 – March 30, 1967
Service recordRonald Edward Ames, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 30, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 69
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 69
- HERBERT CHARLES RICECaptain · March 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN RUONAVAARAAirman First Class · March 29, 1967
- ALBERT GABRIEL ANTERPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.