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RONALD JAMES PANICCIA
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 7, 1949 – November 22, 1968
Service recordRonald James Paniccia, of Rochester, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 37
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 37
- DAVID MARTIN MISZEWSKIPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- THEODORE MOSTOWSKIChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 22, 1968
- CHARLES ANDREW OLSONSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- ANDREW ANDY RUIZCorporal · November 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY BURKHART CHIAGOPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 33
- LEROY DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 34
- ALLEN VERONE JACKSONCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 36
- DAVID MARTIN MISZEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 37
- GALON GENE SPAFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 39
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.