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RONALD OGLESBY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1946 – April 23, 1968
Service recordRonald Oglesby, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 41
- HENRY THOMAS CURTIS IIPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- ANDRES LU NARVAEZ-MARREROSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- LYNN ALLEN PIERSONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1968
- ASHTON HAYWARD PRINDLEPrivate · April 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD HARRY CHILCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 37
- CHARLES STANLEY COXPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 37
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 38
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · Panel 51E, Line 39
- ANDREW LEROY MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 40
- JAMES EDWARD RAINBOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 42
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.