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RONALD KEVIN ALLGOOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 24, 1951 – October 2, 1970
Service recordRonald Kevin Allgood, of American Fork, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 105
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1951
- Home of record
- American Fork, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 105
- MARK ALLEN OLSONPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
- WILLIAM I ALLSBROOK JRPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
- ROBERT WARREN ALVERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- MICHAEL DEAN BANTAPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WARREN ALVERSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 105
- JOHN LAURENCE NESOVANOVICWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 107
From American Fork
- MARION LEON DRAPERSergeant · November 1, 1966
- DEAN FRANKLIN FOXSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- MICHAEL HARVEY HIPPACHSpecialist Four · January 15, 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.