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RONALD FREDERICK WILDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1946 – July 21, 1969
Service recordRonald Frederick Wilder, of Baytown, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Baytown, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 33
- JOHN SPENCER BAILEY JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1969
- DENNIS STEWART CABESpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- DAVID LAMAR ELRODLance Corporal · July 22, 1969
- BERNARDINO FRANCIS GENCHIWarrant Officer 1 · July 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL BLAKE FINNPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 29
From Baytown
- ROYAL CLIFTON FISHER JRCaptain · November 4, 1965
- ALBERT WILBER SONNIERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ARTHUR W DRYNANStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- JAKE A SIMMONSPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- JAMES DOUGLAS CARTER JRSecond Lieutenant · June 7, 1967
- CHARLES HOWARD KILGORECorporal · October 2, 1967
- ROBERT LAWRENCE HALEPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DANIEL PENA JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- VICTOR JAMES HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- GEORGE OWEN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
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.