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RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1948 – March 28, 1969
Service recordRonald Francis Ricciardo, of Deer Park, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 75
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Deer Park, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 75
- ERIC VINCENT PULLIAMFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
- MARVIN JAMES ROBERTSCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ROY GARLAND RUBINLance Corporal · March 28, 1969
- ALVIN CLAYTON SCHULTEFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAELSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 72
- WILOFARD A MCCLAIN IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 74
- ERIC VINCENT PULLIAMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 75
From Deer Park
- FRANK ANDREW GAGLIARDOSergeant · October 30, 1965
- GEORGE BERNARD HESSEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- FRANK CARL AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER LACKNERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD KANECorporal · August 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW MONTANOLance Corporal · November 19, 1970
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.