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RONALD GENE LAUDERDALE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 9, 1951 – November 12, 1969
Service recordRonald Gene Lauderdale, of Spring Valley, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 65
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Spring Valley, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 65
- THOMAS WILLIAM LANDRUMSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- JOSEPH ALAN LOFTONFirst Lieutenant · November 12, 1969
- GORDON WESLEY LOGAN JRCorporal · November 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH PAUL BARKLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 61
- KENNETH LEE CASWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 62
- GUMESINDO DELA ROSASpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 62
- ROBERT PATRICK GALLAGHERCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 63
- THOMAS WILLIAM LANDRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 65
- LARRY CLARENCE MOSHERSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 66
- WILLIAM MCGREGOR PIERPONTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 66
- MARK RICHARD ROSEPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 67
- DENNIS WAYNE ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 67
- BRUCE ELLIOT WALTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 68
From Spring Valley
- DAVID ANDREW DILLONSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD WENDAL HOMUTHLieutenant · May 23, 1967
- DAVID RUSSELL JONESLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SEAMAN JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- KELLY WAYNE WEITZELPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL NICHOLAS MASUENWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1969
- JAMES DAVID ANELLACorporal · March 5, 1970
- NICHOLAS WHITTIER VROOMANSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- PETER MITCHELL LOPEZ JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1971
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.