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RONALD LEE VANDUZER
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 17, 1947 – June 23, 1969
Service recordRonald Lee Vanduzer, of Wadsworth, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 2
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Wadsworth, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 2
- ROBERT JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WAYNE RUSSELLPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- LELAND CHARLES COOKE SAGELieutenant · June 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS PAUL SAVAGEPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
From Wadsworth
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE BOWMANSergeant · January 2, 1968
- PAUL JOHN BACHMANCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DANIEL KIETH CHRISTIANLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES FERGUSONSecond Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- DAVID ARTHUR MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HUFFLance Corporal · April 3, 1969
- JAMES ROGER CLARKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- SIDNEY EARL ROHLERCorporal · March 28, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT PERKINS JRSergeant · April 10, 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.