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RONALD JAMES FEGAN
Ensign · U.S. Navy
February 11, 1941 – April 9, 1965
Service recordRonald James Fegan, of Brockport, New York, served as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 9, 1965, in China, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 103
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. Navy
- Rank
- Ensign (ENS)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1355)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF 96 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- February 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Brockport, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- China
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VF 96 USS RANGER CVA 61”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in China, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 103
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- SAMUEL ALEXANDER WOODWORTHCaptain · April 17, 1965
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
Same unit, same day
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 1E, Line 103
From Brockport
- GEORGE ALFRED MARKS JRHospitalman · November 6, 1968
- GERALD JOSEPH DOWNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 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.