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RONALD FRANK PERSYN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 8, 1947 – July 29, 1970
Service recordRonald Frank Persyn, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 67
- ROY WAYNE MARLATTSergeant · July 29, 1970
- PLEASANT MCCRAY JRCorporal · July 29, 1970
- GARY LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 29, 1970
- ROBERT ALLAN SZPONDERSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEE THOMAS BAIZSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 64
- ROGER JAMES CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 65
- GARY LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 67
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.