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RONALD EUGENE WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1946 – April 1, 1968
Service recordRonald Eugene Wilson, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 37
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
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 47E, Line 37
- HARRY SHERMAN STAYERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH TEDESCOCorporal · April 1, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD VANDER SCHANSHospitalman · April 1, 1968
- EDWARD ORLANDO WYNDERPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CHARLES CARDINALSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 30
- RICHARD LAWRENCE GIAMBRONEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 32
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 35
- DARWIN BRUCE RIDENHOURStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 36
- ANTHONY SIMOESSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 36
- HARRY SHERMAN STAYERSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 37
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.