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RONALD JAMES RUSSELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1946 – August 1, 1966
Service recordRonald James Russell, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 48 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “48 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 95
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
- BILLIE HAYWOOD SMITHSpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
- DONALD DEAN WALLACESpecialist Four · August 1, 1966
- TERRY DEAN CRAIGHEADPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FRANK JOSEPH GUNDAKERMajor · Panel 9E, Line 93
- RICHARD GRANVILLE KITNERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 94
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 95
- DONALD DEAN WALLACESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 95
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.