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RONALD LOUIS ALVEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1945 – October 5, 1967
Service recordRonald Louis Alvey, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 52
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 52
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- HOLBERT EUGENE DAVISSergeant · October 5, 1967
- HAROLD CONWAY DOSS JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN DOSSETTPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOLBERT EUGENE DAVISSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 52
- CHARLES EDWARD FARMERCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- MARTIN DAVID HESTERCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- FREDRICK JEAN HOFFMANSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 53
- MARSHALL WIMBERLY HUNTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 53
- CARL FREDERICK HYNEK IIICorporal · Panel 27E, Line 54
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.