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RONALD LEE MABE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1947 – May 29, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Mabe, of High Point, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 22, 1947
- Home of record
- High Point, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 63W, Line 8
- JOHN MARTIN JOHNSONCorporal · May 29, 1968
- OBBIE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL TERRY LATHAMLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- JOSEPH PATRICK LOGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JRSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 3
- JUAN ANGEL ELIASSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 5
- RICHARD EARL GITHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 6
- JOAQUIN NERIS-APONTEStaff Sergeant · Panel 63W, Line 9
- NICHOLAS ANTHONY NATALEPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 10
- ROBERT KENT PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 11
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · Panel 63W, Line 11
From High Point
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · November 4, 1965
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- PHILIP OWEN PARRISHPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1968
- FLOYD TYRONE SPENCERSergeant · March 11, 1968
- HASKER LEE NESBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- MILTON EUGENE FLOWERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID HELMSTETLERFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 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.