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RONALD LEE DOOLITTLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1950 – May 9, 1971
Service recordRonald Lee Doolittle, of Saginaw, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Oregon (Lane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1971, 202 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 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 27
- MARTIN ROGER LLOYDSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
- CHARLES THOMAS WILCOXSpecialist Four · May 8, 1971
- THOMAS PAUL CADIEUXSergeant · May 9, 1971
- JOHNELL LAVERNE CHASTANGPrivate First Class · May 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HENRY RONALD MARTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 28
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.