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RONALD MYRON CLOUD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1945 – July 4, 1968
Service recordRonald Myron Cloud, of Ponemah, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Ponemah, Minnesota (Beltrami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 8
- ERNIE LEE BURGAMYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE COLLIERSpecialist Five · July 4, 1968
- JESSIE EDDIE LEE COYStaff Sergeant · July 4, 1968
- JAMES WELDON DAVISPrivate · July 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNIE LEE BURGAMYPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 8
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.