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RONALD LOUIS CLELAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 5, 1949 – November 8, 1970
Service recordRonald Louis Cleland, of Gaston, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 45
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- April 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Gaston, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 45
- DARRELL LEE COLFORDSergeant · November 8, 1970
- JOEL CORONAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1970
- CARROLL DEAN FISHERCorporal · November 8, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRANCE JAMES MCGOVERNSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 46
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.