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RONALD JOHN ENSLEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1948 – November 3, 1967
Service recordRonald John Ensley JR, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Rutherford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 14
- PHILLIP WARD BROOMMajor · November 3, 1967
- DUANE ELWOOD CARTERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- JOHN HENRY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 3, 1967
- JOHN CULBERTSON EGGER JRMajor · November 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENRY DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 14
- ERNEST D FUNICELLI JRCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 15
- JAMES THURMAN MORRIS JRPrivate · Panel 29E, Line 16
From Murfreesboro
- GEORGE WILLIAM BURKHEARTFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1965
- ROBERT OLIVER GARANTCorporal · July 29, 1966
- LARRY DON EARLSFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND FULGHUM JRCaptain · February 2, 1967
- ROBERT RAY BOYDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD WADEStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- EUGENE MERRILL WOODSONSergeant · August 8, 1968
- GEORGE D OSBORNESergeant · October 4, 1968
- JAMES TIMOTHY LUSCINSKICaptain · October 8, 1969
- MARK ALBERT BABSON JRCaptain · October 14, 1969
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.