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RONALD JAMES KILLING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 22, 1949 – April 12, 1969
Service recordRonald James Killing, of Troy, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Troy, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 65
- ROBERT CARL KINGSergeant · April 12, 1969
- ARNOLD WILLIAM LAMP JRCaptain · April 12, 1969
- RICHARD KEITH LEMMONPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES LEONARDPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY STEPHEN DYERPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 63
- CORBIN CLARK TINDALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 64
- RICHARD KEITH LEMMONPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 65
- LOREN EDWIN WOOD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 69
From Troy
- STANLEY LEROY MOORECorporal · June 11, 1966
- MICHAEL JON MARSHMANPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZELINSKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DONALD RICHARD BUSHONGSergeant · July 14, 1968
- HAROLD JOHN KLUSENDORFLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL RUDITYSCorporal · February 24, 1969
- J C REELPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD BRINKEYSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- THOMAS MARK MCMAHON JRSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- RONALD KEITH KELSEYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1970
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.