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RONALD JAMES FUITE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1949 – January 15, 1970
Service recordRonald James Fuite, of West Olive, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 38
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Born
- June 10, 1949
- Home of record
- West Olive, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 38
- PAUL LAROY BINDERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS CONNFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1970
- NEDWARD CLYDE ESTES JRFireman · January 16, 1970
- KEITH BERNELL LACKEYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
- ROBERT MARC MILDNERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1970
From West Olive
- DENNIS DALE NAGELKIRKPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL EBELSergeant · November 26, 1968
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.