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RONALD LLOYD DUCOMMUN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1950 – November 15, 1969
Service recordRonald Lloyd Ducommun, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 78
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1950
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 78
- ARTHUR NORMAN WELCHLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
- CHARLES RAY ALEXPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- DEE OKEY NELSON CANADYStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1969
- JAMES RONALD CULWELLLance Corporal · November 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FOREST CLAYTON HODGKINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 80
- JOHN ROBERT RANKINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 81
- RICARDO WAYNE REGALADOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 81
- WALTER DAVID ROMEROFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 82
- ADAM WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 82
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.