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RONALD LEE PEARL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1948 – March 15, 1969
Service recordRonald Lee Pearl, of Minerva, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Minerva, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 47
- EDGAR GREGORY MCADAMSSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- BRIAN FRANCIS MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- JOHN MCMANUSSergeant · March 15, 1969
- MICHAEL L PADDOCKCorporal · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRED EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 43
- JOHN WAYNE CAMPSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 44
- JULIO HERNANDEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 45
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 45
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 46
- BENJAMIN ALONZA SMALLSCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 48
- LARRY ALLEN STARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 49
From Minerva
- DENNIS ALTON PRICEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS LAUBACHERCorporal · May 14, 1969
- CLIFFORD EARL DRAHERCorporal · December 19, 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.