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RONALD IRWIN KRAUSS
Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force
September 6, 1945 – May 22, 1965
Service recordRonald Irwin Krauss, of Bayside, New York, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 22, 1965, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 122
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman Second Class (A2C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Bayside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1965; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 122
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- JIMMY CLIFORD STINNETTSeaman · May 21, 1965
- BERNARD JAMES KELLEYSergeant First Class · May 22, 1965
- HARRY RAY SWIGERSergeant First Class · May 22, 1965
From Bayside
- WALTER JOSEPH BIENKOWSKILance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- JOHN PETER ZIELINSKISpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
- ALBERTO COLONPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- RALPH DOUGLAS DIFATESergeant · March 7, 1968
- ALBERT ALOIS ENGELHARDTCaptain · March 16, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH BAYESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN RILEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- EUGENE PAUL SHUMBRISCaptain · December 9, 1969
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.