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RONALD LEE RICKARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 23, 1939 – January 19, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Rickard, of Ashtabula, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1939
- Home of record
- Ashtabula, Ohio (Ashtabula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 81
- GEORGE HENRY NUNEZSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RONALD G PAHLSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- FRED JOHN PINSONAULTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- PAUL WILLIAM ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 76
- BERT DOUGLAS LEFLERCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 78
From Ashtabula
- FREDDIE EDWARD THEISLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- GREGORY FREDRICK MOSSFORDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JOHN HENRY HALMAN JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS LICATEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- GARY LYNN DUBACHSpecialist Four · February 14, 1969
- JERRY LAVERN ALFERINKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- CRAIG ALDEN VANAKINSpecialist Five · April 8, 1970
- ROBERT LYNN BEAVERLance Corporal · May 22, 1970
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.