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RONALD LEE MUNSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – October 2, 1969
Service recordRonald Lee Munson, of Streator, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 31
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Streator, Illinois (La Salle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 31
- KENNETH MORTON PRENTICEPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
- JOHN ARNOLD QUINNMajor · October 2, 1969
- BILLY JOE RENFROWSergeant · October 2, 1969
- FIDEL GARCIA SALAZARPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROACH LAKE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 29
From Streator
- DONALD LEROY BUTEHospitalman · May 1, 1967
- HERALD LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- TIMOTHY MCKEE HAMILTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- CHARLES HAROLD SCHAEFERFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1969
- PAUL BURNELL WOOLFORDSergeant · November 10, 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.