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RONALD MICHAEL OBENOUR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1946 – March 6, 1968
Service recordRonald Michael Obenour, of Fairborn, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Fairborn, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Tuong Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 29
- RICHARD CRAWFORD NELSONCommander · March 6, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES OHAREPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- STEPHEN FRANK PALAZZOLAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ANTHONY PATRIZICorporal · March 6, 1968
From Fairborn
- EDWARD API LOVELLStaff Sergeant · December 28, 1965
- JULIAN A FINCHER JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1967
- ARLIE TERRYStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- LESLIE BERKLEY SAYREFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1968
- EDWARD LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- HAROLD LECURNE ZUG JRSergeant · August 27, 1968
- LEONARD RAY MARTINSergeant · December 9, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM LANDRUMSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · February 14, 1970
- RONALD DEAN SWINFORDLance Corporal · September 4, 1970
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.