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RONALD LUDWIG RADIL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1946 – October 14, 1967
Service recordRonald Ludwig Radil, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Born
- December 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 4
- JOSEPH WILDER PRANGEPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES RUDDSergeant · October 14, 1967
- MORRIS JOSEPH SENSATLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.