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RONALD MICHAEL MAYERCIK
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 23, 1943 – November 24, 1967
Service recordRonald Michael Mayercik, of Edison, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 24, 1967, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 79
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 432 TRW
- Born
- September 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Edison, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 24, 1967
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “432 TRW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30E, Line 79
- ALLEN HENRY MARINSICSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DAVID PAUL MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BRENDAN PATRICK FOLEYColonel · Panel 30E, Line 77
From Edison
- WILLIAM SHORTTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- MICHAEL PETER PAVLOCAK JRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD TAMAGNINIPetty Officer Third Class · June 15, 1968
- EDWARD HOWARD MEEKER JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JOSEPH LOUIS JACKSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
- HENRY JAMESPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- JOSEPH PETER COLASURDOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- WILLIAM PHILIP GOODINGSergeant · August 17, 1969
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.