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RONALD NICHOLIS SITTNER
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 20, 1937 – August 23, 1967
Service recordRonald Nicholis Sittner, of South Euclid, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on August 23, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Born
- November 20, 1937
- Home of record
- South Euclid, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 23, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 35
- COLEMAN JOHN KANE JRPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- RAYMOND MAX OTTMERS JRCorporal · August 23, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- RODNEY LEROY STINSONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
From South Euclid
- THOMAS ARTHUR CONKLINPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH BODNARFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1968
- MARK DUANE MARSHALLCorporal · March 29, 1969
- PHILIP EUGENE RICHARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 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.