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RONALD EUGENE HARWELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 5, 1938 – September 2, 1970
Service recordRonald Eugene Harwell, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 33
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
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 5, 1938
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 33
- WILLIAM F BENOIST IIISpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- BOBBY LEE HOLZERStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1970
- WILLIE HOOPER JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- JOSEPH PERITOSergeant · September 2, 1970
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.