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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ronald M Neuman.

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RONALD M NEUMAN

Private First Class · U.S. Army

June 17, 1943 – March 25, 1966

Service record

Ronald M Neuman, of Stowe, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 6E · Line 49

Position of Panel 6E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
June 17, 1943
Home of record
Stowe, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 25, 1966
Age
22
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 6E, Line 49

Same unit, same day

From Stowe

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.