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RONALD FRANCIS SOSNOSKI
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1945 – July 19, 1968
Service recordRonald Francis Sosnoski, of Warren, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Warren, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 14
- VINCENT PISCAR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- JACOB F SIRATT IIICorporal · July 19, 1968
- GEORGE SOLIZSergeant · July 19, 1968
- RANDALL FILLMORE SWANCEYSergeant · July 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY LLOYD GRUNSTADCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 10
- ROBERT DAVIS MORRISPrivate · Panel 51W, Line 12
- JOSE ANTO RIVERA-BERMUDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 13
From Warren
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · January 9, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- GERALD RICCICorporal · February 12, 1967
- ROMAN ROZEL VILLAMOR JRLance Corporal · March 31, 1967
- ALAN LANECorporal · May 13, 1967
- JEREMY MICHAEL JARVISMajor · July 25, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- MICHAEL AUGUST HOGLUNDSergeant · November 10, 1967
- ROGER JOSEPH HOOVERPrivate · December 1, 1967
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.