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RONALD GILMORE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 25, 1948 – November 27, 1967
Service recordRonald Gilmore, of Dozier, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 96
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Dozier, Alabama (Crenshaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 30E, Line 96
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- DAVID FRANK BOWMANStaff Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- RUDOLFO CHAVEZStaff Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- JOE HENRY FURCHSpecialist Four · November 27, 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.