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RONALD LEE EIDSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 18, 1947 – July 11, 1969
Service recordRonald Lee Eidson, of Marshall, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 99
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- December 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Marshall, Missouri (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 99
- LARRY IRVING CORNISHCorporal · July 11, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS CORRIVEAUCorporal · July 11, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM DEANSergeant · July 11, 1969
- THOMAS PAUL FENUSHCorporal · July 11, 1969
From Marshall
- RAY STEPHEN LONGPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- BOBBY GENE JACKSONSergeant · January 13, 1967
- CARL DEAN MILLERColonel · September 5, 1967
- BOBBY JOE WINKLERCorporal · January 2, 1968
- CLAY HOLT JRCorporal · August 28, 1968
- KENNETH LOREN JONESCorporal · January 14, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN DITTMERSergeant · April 18, 1969
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.