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RONALD LEO NIEWAHNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1948 – December 13, 1968
Service recordRonald Leo Niewahner, of Ludlow, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 13
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Ludlow, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1968
- 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
36 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 13
- WILLIE C WALKERCorporal · December 12, 1968
- JOHN SCOTT ALBRIGHT IICaptain · December 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY ALLEYFirst Lieutenant · December 13, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ORAN BOLSTERSergeant · December 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALAN CARROLL LOCKARDPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 16
- DURWARD GLENNIE MORSEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 16
- DONALD ACE PETTITTPrivate · Panel 36W, Line 18
- WILLIAM EARL VANWEYPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 19
- JERRY MORGAN WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 20
From Ludlow
- EVERETT STRATTON JRLance Corporal · August 4, 1967
- NICHOLAS OWEN WAGMANCorporal · September 2, 1967
- DANNY LEE BOONESpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- HOWARD RAY WILHOIT JRPrivate First Class · November 23, 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.