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RONALD KEITH NEAL
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 19, 1946 – April 21, 1967
Service recordRonald Keith Neal, of Huntington, West Virginia, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 21, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 62
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radioman (RM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SEAL TM 1 USNAVFORV
- Born
- January 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Huntington, West Virginia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 62
- DANIEL RUSSELL NIDDSStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- MAURICE JOSEPH OCALLAGHANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH OWENSCorporal · April 21, 1967
- BRUCE CARLTON PARMELEEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
From Huntington
- GERALD BRUCE ROSESpecialist Five · February 22, 1965
- GLENN MCARTHUR LANEPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1965
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- JOHNNY MALCOLM JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD EMMERTSergeant · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD CRAFTSergeant First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEE MEADOWS JRSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- HARON LEE BROWN IIFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE STEPHENSPetty Officer Third Class · January 24, 1968
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.