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RONALD PATRICK RUSSELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1948 – March 4, 1969
Service recordRonald Patrick Russell, of El Cajon, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1948
- Home of record
- El Cajon, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 39
- WILLIAM CLYDE NORTHINGTONLance Corporal · March 4, 1969
- VICTOR RAY SCHEELERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- FRANK SHARTZ JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- DOUGLAS ROY SLEDGELance Corporal · March 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN JOSEPH RAWLINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 38
From El Cajon
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DAVID ALAN HICKMANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- AQUILLA FRIEND BRITTMajor · October 25, 1967
- WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDICaptain · February 7, 1969
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.