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RONALD ERNEST PICKART
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 18, 1949 – January 8, 1970
Service recordRonald Ernest Pickart, of Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 14
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- May 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin (Fond Du Lac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 14
- JOSEPH MARK LAUINGERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1970
- JAMES LOUIS MCCABE JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- JAMES CARROLL MITCHELL JRPetty Officer First Class · January 8, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD NIERERSergeant · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WARREN LEE DONAHESpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 12
From Fond Du Lac
- CARL WAYNE GRIMESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1964
- GERALD CARL CAPELLECaptain · April 1, 1965
- CLYDE DUANE DAWSONMajor · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES HERMAN HILLCorporal · June 22, 1966
- RODNEY HOWARD RICKLISeaman · February 15, 1967
- ROY ANTHONY SCHAEFER JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- PHILIP JOHN KIMPELPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- BLAKE HENRY HALFMANLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND CASPERFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
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.