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RONALD LEE SUMMERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – October 8, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Summers, of Lytle, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 32
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Lytle, Texas (Atascosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 32
- GERALD SAMOLEJSergeant · October 8, 1968
- MANUEL AGUIAR SOARESLance Corporal · October 8, 1968
- LYN DWIGHT SPARRECorporal · October 8, 1968
- JOHN BRADFORD STEVENSAirman First Class · October 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- R T PERRYCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 31
From Lytle
- TINEY W WINTERSSergeant · February 23, 1968
- JAKE MARTINEZLance Corporal · December 4, 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.