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RONALD GENE MCBETH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1945 – June 25, 1966
Service recordRonald Gene McBeth, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 94
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 94
- WILLIAM RICHARD REESE JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- DAVID ELLIOT REYNERCorporal · June 25, 1966
- GARRY LEE REYNOLDSCorporal · June 25, 1966
- SANTOS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HAROLD DANNEELSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 91
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- PHILLIP DALE JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1967
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.