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RONALD EUGENE DILLS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1948 – May 7, 1970
Service recordRonald Eugene Dills, of Valparaiso, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 122
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Valparaiso, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 122
- PETER ALLAN COOKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1970
- JOHN EMERY DAYTONSergeant First Class · May 7, 1970
- RAYMOND WILLIAM DEGE IIISpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- FRANCISCO PENA DELGADOCorporal · May 7, 1970
From Valparaiso
- THOMAS R MANNINGSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- NICK JIM GRCICHSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- JAMES MAURICE MCGARVEYLieutenant Colonel · April 17, 1967
- PHILLIP ROBERT VENEKAMPSergeant · June 18, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED NASH JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOEL KENTON BROWNCorporal · February 18, 1968
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD MILESSergeant · October 21, 1968
- HOWARD KENNETH COOPERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · May 1, 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.