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RONALD EDWIN PFEIFER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 4, 1941 – October 6, 1966
Service recordRonald Edwin Pfeifer, of Bellerose, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 53
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- January 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Bellerose, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 53
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE LEELance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN MOENPrivate First Class · October 6, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
From Bellerose
- DONALD THOMAS CASSIDYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- FRANK CARL ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH PINDERPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID WILKIEMajor · December 8, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH HOARE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
- STEPHEN MICHAEL GABRYSCaptain · April 29, 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.