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RONALD NEAL PARSONS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 22, 1948 – April 3, 1970
Service recordRonald Neal Parsons, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Wapakoneta, Ohio (Auglaize County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 89
- CARL JOHN HELRINGSpecialist Four · April 3, 1970
- JOSEPH DARRYL JOHNSFireman · April 3, 1970
- JAMES FRANKLIN LEEStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1970
- WILLIAM ANGUS MILLERCorporal · April 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANKLIN LEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 89
From Wapakoneta
- STEVEN ARTHUR ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- DENNIS LEE DULEBOHNPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- GARY GENE DETRICKSergeant · April 13, 1969
- BRUCE KOLTERSecond Lieutenant · June 17, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN OENPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.