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RONALD JOHN NATALIE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 26, 1948 – July 7, 1970
Service recordRonald John Natalie, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 128
- JOHN A HOTTELL IIIMajor · July 7, 1970
- LEWIS HOWARD JRStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1970
- DAVID LEWIS MEADOWSSpecialist Four · July 7, 1970
- WILLIAM FREDERICK MICHELFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1970
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 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.