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RONALD FORREST NEAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1946 – January 17, 1969
Service recordRonald Forrest Neal, of Pilot Rock, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Pilot Rock, Oregon (Umatilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 28
- MICHAEL FRANCIS NOLAN JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 17, 1969
- GARY NEAL OLSOWSKILance Corporal · January 17, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM ONEILPetty Officer Second Class · January 17, 1969
- BRUCE MARTIN REITERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WOODROW BRIGHAM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 20
- FRANK HAROLD BROWNE IIPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 21
- ROGER ALLEN DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 22
- ROGER LEO LANGFORDSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 25
- MARK DAVID MITCHELLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 27
- BRUCE MARTIN REITERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 28
- PAUL JOSIAH WILSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 30
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.