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RONALD JOSEPH CARTWRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1943 – October 7, 1967
Service recordRonald Joseph Cartwright, of Eugene, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Eugene, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 63
- IVAN DALE APPLEBYColonel · October 7, 1967
- EARL DEAN AUWARTERSergeant First Class · October 7, 1967
- JAMES OTIS BEASLEYPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- CHARLES DAVID EDWARDSSpecialist Four · October 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VAUN ANDREWSSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 62
- JAMES OTIS BEASLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 63
- JAKE HAROLD VANMETER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 67
From Eugene
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- ROBERT S SHRIVER JRSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- SELWIN DEROY WISDOMLieutenant Colonel · January 17, 1966
- RONALD ARTHUR HEINTZPetty Officer Second Class · September 22, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD ANDREWSLieutenant Colonel · October 5, 1966
- JAMES WARREN CARTWRIGHTSergeant · May 23, 1967
- ARTHUR ALBERT ERWINSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- WILLIAM GUY MUIRPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
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.