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RONALD EDWARD WISSMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 18, 1946 – May 21, 1967
Service recordRonald Edward Wissman, of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 80
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 80
- CLYDE ANDERSON WARDSergeant First Class · May 21, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE NATHANIEL WRIGHTPrivate · May 21, 1967
- WALTER FRANCIS WROBLESKIChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 72
- RICHARD JOSEPH FEEHERYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 73
From Shelburne Falls
- PAUL THOMAS LOONEYCaptain · May 10, 1967
- WILLIAM KIMBAL BATCHELDERPetty Officer First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD PALMERIPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.