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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ronald James Krieg.

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RONALD JAMES KRIEG

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

November 26, 1949 – July 10, 1971

Service record

Ronald James Krieg, of Hulbert, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1971, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3W · Line 105

Position of Panel 3W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
Born
November 26, 1949
Home of record
Hulbert, Oklahoma (Cherokee County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 10, 1971
Age
21
Province
Binh Thuan
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Drowning

Context · from the records

What was happening

Three names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 3W, Line 105

From Hulbert

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.