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RONALD FRAN VANRAEMDONCK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1945 – September 21, 1966
Service recordRonald Fran Vanraemdonck, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 130
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- JAMES LLOYD PETTIFORDLance Corporal · September 21, 1966
- ANTHONY BRUCE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS SEWELL JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 127
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 127
- LOUIS CLARK HINESSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 128
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 128
- BILLY LANE LAUFFERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 129
- ANTHONY BRUCE PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 130
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 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.