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RONALD FRANCIS VANAVERY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1944 – April 21, 1968
Service recordRonald Francis Vanavery, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 26
- CHARLES J MEERHOLZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- MICHAEL GLENN TURNERLance Corporal · April 21, 1968
- DAVID SOQUI URIASStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
- FELIX VAZQUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MRDJENOVICHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 51E, Line 23
- JAMES WALLACE RUDDSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 25
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.