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RONALD JAMES COLONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1947 – April 25, 1968
Service recordRonald James Colone, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 6
- DONALD RAY HANNACorporal · April 25, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE HOFFPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- JAMES OAKLEY JAYNESLance Corporal · April 25, 1968
- DANIEL MARTIN KELLEYSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARMELLO ANGE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 2
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 11
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.