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RONALD EDWARD POCHRON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – October 1, 1968
Service recordRonald Edward Pochron, of Pulaski, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 1, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 59
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Pulaski, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 59
- KENNETH MICHAEL PLAVCANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1968
- JOHN ALEX RAUSCHSergeant · October 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RONEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- RICHARD WAYNE SANDERSSpecialist Four · October 1, 1968
From Pulaski
- RICHARD MICHAEL BANASZYNSKISpecialist Four · October 25, 1968
- DAVID RUSSELL BORZYCHSergeant · April 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.