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RONALD JACKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 22, 1950 – March 14, 1971
Service recordRonald Jackson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 46
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 46
- JAMES BYRD FOSTER JRSergeant · March 14, 1971
- WILLIAM LEE HILLPrivate First Class · March 14, 1971
- JACK DONALD MOORE JRAirman · March 14, 1971
- RANDY MARVIN RIGSBYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN ADIKAI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 45
- ROCCO DIPHILLIPOSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 45
- RANDY MARVIN RIGSBYSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 46
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.