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RONALD LOUIS DOOLITTLE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – October 19, 1968
Service recordRonald Louis Doolittle, of Santa Rosa, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 2
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 2
- ROBERT LEE COTTMANCaptain · October 19, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD DEHNERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER DUSARTSergeant · October 19, 1968
- DOUGLAS EALEYSergeant · October 19, 1968
From Santa Rosa
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEON SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.