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RONALD EUGENE SHOWMAKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1946 – September 15, 1967
Service recordRonald Eugene Showmaker, of Mound City, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 76
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Mound City, Illinois (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 76
- GLEN ARVID MAKICorporal · September 15, 1967
- CHARLIE MEARL MCKEELance Corporal · September 15, 1967
- ALFONSO ALFRED MONTERROSOSergeant · September 15, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE MUSTAINSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM TEMEN CHERRY JRSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 74
- RICHARD E GLAESMANSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 74
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 75
- LOWELL DEAN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 75
- ALFONSO ALFRED MONTERROSOSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 76
- MAURICE GENE WIDICKSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 77
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.