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RONALD G PAHL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1947 – January 19, 1968
Service recordRonald G Pahl, of Michigan City, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Michigan City, Indiana (La Porte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 81
- GEORGE HENRY NUNEZSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- FRED JOHN PINSONAULTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RONALD LEE RICKARDPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- PAUL WILLIAM ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VAUGHN MARVIN ANGELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 73
- KERRY MICHAEL BUGAJSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 74
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 75
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 77
- GENE DANIEL HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 77
- JACK JOSEPH KUPFERERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 78
- GEORGE HENRY NUNEZSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 81
- EDWARD ODELL SPENCERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
From Michigan City
- DANIEL MORRIS MARTZ JRMajor · February 12, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CAMERON FREEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE HARPER JRSergeant · March 16, 1967
- GARY ALAN CLIFFORDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- GLENN A WESTPHALSpecialist Five · April 7, 1968
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH DORSHAKSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · September 26, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES PUTZ JRLance Corporal · November 25, 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.