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RONALD EDWARD KEGLOVITS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1946 – August 26, 1967
Service recordRonald Edward Keglovits, of Northampton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Northampton, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 47
- WILLIAM OTIS FULLERMajor · August 26, 1967
- CHARLES GREEN JRCorporal · August 26, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL KILCULLENCaptain · August 26, 1967
- JOSEPH CHARLES LUPOSpecialist Five · August 26, 1967
From Northampton
- EDWARD JOSEPH KEGLOVITSSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- EDWARD F YAPSUGA JRStaff Sergeant · March 10, 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.