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RONALD KELLEY WILSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1948 – April 28, 1969
Service recordRonald Kelley Wilson, of Mountain View, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 75
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Mountain View, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 75
- PETER MICHAEL STENGEMSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- AUSTIN TEETHPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- DANIEL WELSHSergeant · April 28, 1969
- PHILLIP W WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SHELDON ORA BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 68
From Mountain View
- MELVIN LAWRENCE FRONTELLAPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- BRENT EDEN DAVISMajor · March 18, 1966
- RANDOLPH PAUL VEDROSPetty Officer Second Class · April 13, 1966
- MERVYN DONALD TEDDSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT KIRBY IIILance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- RONALD KAZUO ASADASergeant · January 10, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HANNIBALLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE BACKMANCorporal · April 28, 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.