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RONALD GENE DEWEESE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 17, 1948 – November 14, 1969
Service recordRonald Gene Deweese, of Licking, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 73
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Licking, Missouri (Texas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 73
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DALTONCorporal · November 14, 1969
- GERALD RANDAL DASEN IIISpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
- KENNETH GLENN ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISONSergeant · November 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DALTONCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 73
- EVERSON BENJAMIN FAISONSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 73
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.