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RONALD GALE WOLFE
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
November 5, 1939 – October 20, 1966
Service recordRonald Gale Wolfe, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 20, 1966, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 93
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Born
- November 5, 1939
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1966; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 93
- PHILLIP MARK WILSONPrivate First Class · October 20, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY CHACESpecialist Four · October 21, 1966
- ROBERT FREDERICK EHLERSPrivate · October 21, 1966
- JOSEPH RALPH SIMONEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.