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RONALD MICHAEL BLUE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1949 – May 24, 1970
Service recordRonald Michael Blue, of Corsicana, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Corsicana, Texas (Navarro County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 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 89
- STEPHEN RICHARD BARKLEYCorporal · May 24, 1970
- ROBERT LEE BROCKCorporal · May 24, 1970
- DENNIE LYNN CARNETTSergeant · May 24, 1970
- DONALD ALLEN DAVISSergeant · May 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIE LYNN CARNETTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 89
- PETER WARREN GILMOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 90
- REUBEN ANTHONY LESSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 90
- SAMMY RAY MORRISONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 91
- NICHOLAS EUGENE THOELESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 92
- GARY LYNN TAYLORSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 93
From Corsicana
- DONALD LOYE RICHARDSONCorporal · August 11, 1966
- AUTRY GREENStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- RONALD LYNN MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · January 1, 1968
- JOSEPH EWING SMITHSergeant · September 5, 1968
- SAMUEL WAYMON MCDANIEL IISpecialist Five · July 8, 1971
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.