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RONALD EUGENE SHEPPARD
Private · U.S. Army
September 20, 1946 – September 20, 1968
Service recordRonald Eugene Sheppard, of Webster Groves, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 50
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 19 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Webster Groves, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 50
- MICHAEL PAUL SIMPSONSergeant · September 20, 1968
- JOHN PHILLIP VANDUSENConstructionman · September 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WALKERCorporal · September 20, 1968
- JOSEPH KENT WOLFEStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1968
From Webster Groves
- NORMAN EDWARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1965
- LAWRENCE ANDRE DIRNBERGERSecond Lieutenant · February 25, 1967
- WILLIAM HAROLD WALTERSSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- JOHN MARSHALL SNYDER JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- RALPH JOSEPH LUEBBERS JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIEL WINKELPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- VICTOR JOHN CARTIERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT HULL JRSergeant · May 17, 1969
- TIMOTHY KIM LECLAIRFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR WINFREYCorporal · August 7, 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.