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RONALD MICHAEL DISTEFANO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1942 – October 8, 1965
Service recordRonald Michael Distefano, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 112
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 112
- RONALD WALTER GULLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- LEON G HOLTONFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1965
- JACKIE EUGENE HUFFPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- RICHARD E LYNCHPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LEON G HOLTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 112
- RICHARD E LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 112
- BOBBY G MASONSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 113
- GEORGE COLUMBUS RODEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 113
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 113
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.