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RONALD JAMES MCCULLOUGH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 12, 1944 – January 18, 1967
Service recordRonald James McCullough, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 49
- THOMAS ROBERT KEAVENEYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- JERRY JOSEPH KOLAR JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- MARLOW ERLING MADSENLieutenant (junior grade) · January 18, 1967
- JOHN DAVIS MCCARTYSpecialist Four · January 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JESUS MAGIN ARCHULETAPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 47
- GARY O BRENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 47
- ROGER SMITH BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 47
- LEONARD CLARENCE GRAY JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 14E, Line 48
- DONALD LEONARD HELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 48
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 48
- JERRY JOSEPH KOLAR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 49
- JOHN DAVIS MCCARTYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 49
- DENNIS RAY ONEALPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 50
- ROBERT LEE PROVENZANOSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 50
- PATTERSON SCOTT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 51
- LEO VINCENT SILBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 51
- CALVIN RAY WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 51
- TIMOTHY E WORKMANSpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 51
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.