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RONALD ISAAC CRODY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1943 – January 17, 1969
Service recordRonald Isaac Crody, of Enterprise, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 21
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- 0v-1 Airplane Repairman (67H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Enterprise, Alabama (Coffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 21
- PATRICK EARL BROWERSergeant · January 17, 1969
- FRANK HAROLD BROWNE IIPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
- DANIEL CASSANOFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
- NORMAN LOUIS CATESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DANIEL BAILEYSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 20
- WALTER EDWARD BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 20
- CHARLES LILLETON BRIDDELLSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 20
- JAMES GREGORY DAVISSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 22
- JOSEPH ESCAMILLASergeant · Panel 34W, Line 23
- LEE RUSSELL HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 24
- DENNIS WILLIAM HIPPOSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 24
- ARELINN LEWIS JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 25
From Enterprise
- BILLY GENE HAMMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 12, 1965
- JAMES ROWE STEPHENSSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- JOHN HENRY JONESPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSEL PHILLIPSLieutenant Colonel · February 3, 1967
- GUY ALBERT BYRDSergeant First Class · April 5, 1967
- WILLIAM TERRY ALLENFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1967
- LYTELL B CHRISTIANStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
- ALLEN WAYNE ALLUMSSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- GREEN EDWARD MILLER JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- JAMES RICHARD LAYTONSergeant · July 22, 1972
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.