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RONALD EDWARD PILLOW
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – July 13, 1968
Service recordRonald Edward Pillow, of Hughes, Arkansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 24
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Hughes, Arkansas (St Francis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 24
- RAYMOND DOUGLAS ROBINSONPetty Officer Third Class · July 13, 1968
- JAMES HENRY ROMANSKILieutenant (junior grade) · July 13, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH RONZANISergeant · July 13, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL WOBBEPetty Officer Third Class · July 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BURTON LUKESSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 23
From Hughes
- THOMAS L COLDRENFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1967
- CARL FRANKLIN GOACHERCorporal · November 11, 1969
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.