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RONALD GAY CURTIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1949 – February 22, 1971
Service recordRonald Gay Curtis, of Eatonville, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Eatonville, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 131
- MONTY LEWIS HARBINSergeant · February 22, 1971
- RICHARD LEE SARVISStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1971
- EDWARD EARL SCOTT JRCorporal · February 22, 1971
- RAYMOND LEE ARMENTROUTStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1971
From Eatonville
- DAVID DUWAYNE KNOWLESSeaman · September 27, 1967
- LAWRENCE GENE BANGSSpecialist Five · December 27, 1970
- PAUL DENIS KREGERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1972
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.