The Wall › Panel 9W › South Carolina › Ronald Eugene Pace
RONALD EUGENE PACE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1949 – June 6, 1970
Service recordRonald Eugene Pace, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 21
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 21
- ALBERT ROMERO CORTEZLance Corporal · June 6, 1970
- JERRY LEWIS MARTINFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1970
- ANDRES ORTIZ-LEBRONCorporal · June 6, 1970
- JOSEPH SEBASTIAN SANCHEZSergeant First Class · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 22
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.