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RONALD JAMES LONG
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 10, 1942 – April 1, 1969
Service recordRonald James Long, of Farmington, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 104
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP
- Born
- March 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Farmington, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 104
- EDWARD LUKANA LOO JRSergeant First Class · April 1, 1969
- JESSE DON MORRIS JRSergeant · April 1, 1969
- WILEY BARRY MOSSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1969
- JON DALE PETERSONSergeant · April 1, 1969
From Farmington
- WILLIAM FREDERICK MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
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.