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RONALD LEE STROOMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1945 – January 17, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Stroomer, of Auburn, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 62
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Auburn, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. 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 62
- ROBERT LANSING BURRELLSpecialist Four · January 17, 1968
- DONALD LEE CHANEYSergeant First Class · January 17, 1968
- WILLIE DURANTPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- PAUL JOHN GREENWOODSpecialist Four · January 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERLEY AYER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 34E, Line 61
- WILLIE DURANTPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 62
- KENNETH RAY BELSARPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 65
- MIKE RALPH VELASCOSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 65
From Auburn
- KENNETH EUGENE SARGENTSergeant · November 20, 1965
- GARY LEROY HOLZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS GENE WINGERTPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWIN LINDERMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1968
- WILLIAM FRED SOULELance Corporal · August 15, 1968
- PATRICK EARL BROWERSergeant · January 17, 1969
- RANDAL LEE ROGERSSergeant · February 22, 1969
- HENRY ALBERT DYE JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- MONTY LEWIS HARBINSergeant · February 22, 1971
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.