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RONALD LEE POLAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1946 – September 5, 1970
Service recordRonald Lee Poland, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 40
- EMIL JOHN NAASZFirst Lieutenant · September 5, 1970
- LUIS RAMOSSergeant · September 5, 1970
- CHESTER ROY REESE JRSpecialist Five · September 5, 1970
- PRESTON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · September 5, 1970
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.