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RONALD EDWARD STORZ
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 21, 1933 – April 28, 1965
Service recordRonald Edward Storz, of South Ozone Park, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 28, 1965, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Flight Training Instructor (1355C)
- Born
- October 21, 1933
- Home of record
- South Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 28, 1965
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 110
- GEORGE H KIRBY JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1965
- ALVIN KLASON BROYLES JRCaptain · April 28, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEGRANDStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1965
From South Ozone Park
- JOHN HENRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVANCorporal · January 25, 1967
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · November 26, 1967
- ANTHONY LOUIS CAPOZZIPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MACFARLANEPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ALAN HOWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · February 6, 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.