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RONALD LEEROY QUIGLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1948 – February 26, 1969
Service recordRonald Leeroy Quigley, of Yakima, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 71
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Yakima, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 71
- JAMES EDWARD PALMERIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- VAN HARVEY PEARSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- THOMAS VICTOR PILSONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1969
- HENRY LEROY QUIGLEYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- JOHN RANDY TENNANTSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD CLAYSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 65
- DONALD CHESTER LEBLONDStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 69
- WILLIAM BERNARD WILSONSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 75
From Yakima
- LARRY BYRON MCCLANAHANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- DAVID ROSS FAULCONERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LLOYD PALMER STEARNSSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ZYPHSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL GINDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- VERNON LEE LEUNINGWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1968
- GARY LEWIS COLOMBOCorporal · March 6, 1968
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.