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RONALD LEE MIKESELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1944 – March 3, 1967
Service recordRonald Lee Mikesell, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 12
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 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 12
- FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSONColonel · January 6, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MALLONCorporal · March 3, 1967
- MICHAEL RAYMOND PADILLASergeant · March 3, 1967
- NORMAN A RENFROPrivate · March 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DEAN HESSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 11
- MICHAEL RAYMOND PADILLASergeant · Panel 16E, Line 12
- PAUL WILLIAM RILEYSergeant First Class · Panel 16E, Line 13
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.