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RONALD EUGENE POWERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1948 – October 4, 1968
Service recordRonald Eugene Powers, of Plainview, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Plainview, Illinois (Macoupin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 7
- ARNOLD RAY PARKERPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- HARRY ALLEN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · October 4, 1968
- JOHN PAUL STEPPPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES BERGERONPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 3
- GEORGE MILTON CLAYTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 4
- DANIEL JOSEPH CZAJAK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 4
- DONALD RICHARD GISEPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 4
- GARY GEORGE LACHAPELLEPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 5
- JAMES EDWARD LOTHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 6
- JOHN PAUL STEPPPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 7
- GEORGE D OSBORNESergeant · Panel 41W, Line 8
- CHARLES NELSON SCHALL JRCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 8
- LUIS ALFONSO VELEZ-RIVERASergeant · Panel 41W, Line 9
- DANNY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 9
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.