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RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1939 – November 25, 1965
Service recordRonald Joseph Loerlein, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 114
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 31, 1939
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 114
- LESTER KEYLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · November 26, 1965
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- STUART KING TWEEDYSecond Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
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.