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RONALD LEE COLWELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1945 – September 14, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Colwell, of Samaria, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 57
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Samaria, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 57
- SIDNEY HAYNES JRLance Corporal · September 14, 1968
- LAMAR HUBBARDSergeant · September 14, 1968
- GEORGE VINCENT MARTINEZPrivate First Class · September 14, 1968
- BOBBY GENE MESSERPrivate First Class · September 14, 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.