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RONALD RAY CONN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 25, 1943 – December 27, 1966
Service recordRonald Ray Conn, of Tyler, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 82
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Tyler, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 82
- LARRY T WOODSpecialist Four · December 26, 1966
- SAMUEL QUENTON ASHERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- ANTHONY CHARLES COFFAROPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- HUBERT AARON ERWINPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 84
From Tyler
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1966
- JAMES EARL WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- F G GIPSON JRLance Corporal · October 14, 1966
- JOHN EDWIN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- PATRICK HENRY PETTWAY IISpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- ALBERT BUTLER JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HARRY DIWAIN SPIERPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
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.