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RONALD MICHAEL ANTWINE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 9, 1949 – May 13, 1970
Service recordRonald Michael Antwine, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 30
- DAVID LESLIE PALMERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT CHARLES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- STEPHEN LEO YONTZSergeant · May 12, 1970
- JOHN BENJAMIN ABBATEMARCOSergeant · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LEWIS HENDONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 33
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.