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RONALD EUGENE BALES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1946 – April 15, 1971
Service recordRonald Eugene Bales, of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 125
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Scottsbluff, Nebraska (Scotts Bluff County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1971; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 125
- JAMES DARRELL WADDELLSergeant · April 14, 1971
- LARRY LYNN BROWNSpecialist Four · April 15, 1971
- BRUCE EDWARD BUTCHERSergeant · April 15, 1971
- JEFFRY EDWARD COWLEYSergeant · April 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JEFFRY EDWARD COWLEYSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 125
- ROBERT JOHN DUTKIEWICZCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 126
- THOMAS J GETTELFINGERSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 126
- TERRY WILLARD GREENEPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 126
- ROBERT CHARLES HEINSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 126
- PAUL MCKENZIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 126
- GEORGE ARTHUR PACHECOStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 127
- JERRY SHELDON STEARNSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 127
- WILLIAM JAMES WARD JRCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 127
- JOHN LANNING WILSON JRSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 128
From Scottsbluff
- DARYL EUGENE SMOCKSeaman Apprentice · November 20, 1966
- GALEN LLOYD WILSONSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- COIL EDMOND JRCorporal · May 18, 1967
- RAY GEVARA JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- MARVIN HENRY MARTINPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE CARPENTERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
- MICHAEL ALLEN WALKERSergeant · July 18, 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.