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RONALD JOSEPH HUMM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 17, 1946 – September 29, 1967
Service recordRonald Joseph Humm, of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 536 ENG DET 937 ENG GRP
- Born
- May 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 29
- JOSEPH JOHN KELLER JRCorporal · September 29, 1967
- ROGER VIRGIL KELLEYLance Corporal · September 29, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KOLLERSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
From Upper Darby
- EDWARD WILLIAM REILLYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- VICTOR JAMES FORDLance Corporal · April 29, 1966
- FRANCIS EDWARD SMILEYMajor · August 27, 1967
- FRANK JAMES MASTROMATTEOLance Corporal · April 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT RESNICKLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM MATTHEWSSergeant · August 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- GREGORY JOSEPH THOMASSergeant · January 15, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1970
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.