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RONALD ELWOOD FIELDS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 6, 1936 – September 30, 1970
Service recordRonald Elwood Fields, of Anderson, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1936
- Home of record
- Anderson, South Carolina (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 102
- JEROME RAYMOND FRILLINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
- BERNARD JOSEPH RAFFERTYLance Corporal · September 30, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE BERKHOLTZSergeant · October 1, 1970
- MELVIN GENE BRYANTCorporal · October 1, 1970
From Anderson
- HEWETT FRANK EVASTUS COEChief Petty Officer · May 20, 1962
- JAMES ROY BROOKS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- WILBURN ROBERSONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- HAROLD GUINN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MATTISONStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIE FRANK FOSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DOYLE WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- EDGAR EUGENE PARKERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- RANDOLPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- ROBERT LOUIS KINGSpecialist Four · July 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.