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RONALD GENE CATTERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 24, 1947 – June 29, 1968
Service recordRonald Gene Catterson, of Ft Collins, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Collins, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 16
- JOHN ANTHONY GEROCorporal · June 29, 1968
- RONALD LEWIS GRIFFINCorporal · June 29, 1968
- ALFREDO GUZZOCorporal · June 29, 1968
- RONALD VINCENT HARBERTLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LOUIS LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54W, Line 17
- JOHN THOMAS OCONNORCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 18
- ROBERT LEE TYESCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 19
From Ft Collins
- EVERETT ROBERT ANDERSONSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROCKFORD WAYNE GODDARDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- BARRY BERNDT MYHRFireman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- PETER MACIEL JRCorporal · January 23, 1967
- RICHARD LEROY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD L FAHRENBRUCHSergeant · April 3, 1968
- PHILIP LEONARD WHITNEYSergeant · July 3, 1968
- FRANK DEPAUL SARACINO JRSergeant · March 20, 1969
- BLAINE PATRICK SMILIECorporal · April 27, 1970
- RICKEY DUANE MILLSSpecialist Five · September 9, 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.