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RONALD GALE TROGDON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1946 – June 19, 1967
Service recordRonald Gale Trogdon, of Asheboro, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 22
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Asheboro, North Carolina (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22E, Line 22
- JACKIE DON WEATHERLYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- NOEL THOMAS WESTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JOHN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DAVID MITCHELL WOODLance Corporal · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND WILLARD GODWINSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHAEFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 14
- STEVEN RICHARD MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 15
- HOBART WILSON MCCOMAS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- DONALD DURWOOD MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 17
- KAZIMIERZ HENRYK SLOMIANYSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 20
From Asheboro
- CHARLES THOMAS PARKERSergeant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN FOX JRPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- BILLY LOUIS UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- MICKEY WILLIAM HILLCorporal · March 21, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS COBLESergeant · May 15, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BULLA JRStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1970
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.