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RONALD LEE GARNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1948 – February 21, 1969
Service recordRonald Lee Garner, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 71
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 71
- PHILIP ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · February 21, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER W MEAGHERCorporal · February 21, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN RIKERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.