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RONALD EUGENE EMBREE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1949 – January 9, 1970
Service recordRonald Eugene Embree, of Thurman, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 17
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Thurman, Iowa (Fremont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 17
- HOWARD EUGENE BROWN JRSeaman · January 9, 1970
- HAROLD BERNARD EISERT JRPrivate · January 9, 1970
- HARLAN KENNETH GAMMONS JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
- WILLIAM CHARLES STEFKOFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BOYD LEE WADECorporal · Panel 14W, Line 18
From Thurman
- RANDALL ALLEN VANATTAPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
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.