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RONALD LEROY KENT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 21, 1943 – January 20, 1967
Service recordRonald Leroy Kent, of Page, North Dakota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 57
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Page, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 57
- JOHN LOREN HAYDENSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- FRED LEROY JOHNSONSergeant · January 20, 1967
- CHARLES WRAY KAELINSergeant · January 20, 1967
- REGINALD WAYNE LYNCHPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 54
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 55
- WILLIAM LOUIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 56
- JOHN LOREN HAYDENSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 57
- REGINALD WAYNE LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 57
- WILLIAM JAMES MACKPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 58
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCGHEEPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 58
- HENRY EARL ROBBINSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 59
- MORGAN ELBERT SAVAGESpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 59
- JAMES BENJAMIN SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 59
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.