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RONALD HARRY CHILCOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1943 – April 23, 1968
Service recordRonald Harry Chilcott, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 37
- JESSE JAMES COONSergeant · April 23, 1968
- CLAUDE HENRY COVINGTONPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- CHARLES STANLEY COXPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- JAMES BRANNAH CROCKETTChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES STANLEY COXPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 37
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 38
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · Panel 51E, Line 39
- ANDREW LEROY MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 40
- RONALD OGLESBYSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 41
- JAMES EDWARD RAINBOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 42
From Pico Rivera
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT SOLANO SALAZARLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 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.