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RONALD EUGENE SHIPLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1948 – August 16, 1969
Service recordRonald Eugene Shipley, of Vandalia, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 52
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Vandalia, Illinois (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 52
- CHARLES LEONARD TROXELPrivate First Class · August 16, 1969
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD WIBBENSCorporal · August 16, 1969
- TERRY LEE BARRSpecialist Four · August 17, 1969
From Vandalia
- RONALD KEITH SCHUKARPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH DOGGETTSpecialist Four · October 20, 1971
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.