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RONALD PAGE PASCHALL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 1, 1950 – April 2, 1972
Service recordRonald Page Paschall, of Alderwood Manor, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Alderwood Manor, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1972
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1972; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 128
- ROBIN FREDERIC GATWOOD JRCaptain · April 2, 1972
- CHARLES ALLEN LEVISColonel · April 2, 1972
- HENRY MUIR SEREXLieutenant Colonel · April 2, 1972
- ALLEN DUANE CHRISTENSENSergeant First Class · April 3, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WESLEY FRINKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 127
- BYRON KENT KULLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 127
From Alderwood Manor
- DARRELL EUGENE AYERSStaff Sergeant · March 19, 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.