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RONALD LEE ECKERT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 11, 1945 – May 17, 1966
Service recordRonald Lee Eckert, of Manatawny, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Manatawny, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 70
- DANNY DAVID DYESpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- FELIX ESPARZA JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WALTER FELTONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- BENNY SAN NICOLAS FLORESSergeant · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EARL GLENN CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 69
- ARTHUR EUGENE LEWISCaptain · Panel 7E, Line 72
- VICTOR HUBERT ONEALSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 74
- LARRY PAULLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 74
- BILLY EUGENE SNIPESStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 75
- BOBBY DALE SWINDELLSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 76
- JAMES EDWARD WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 77
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.