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RONALD RAY GARNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 3, 1949 – June 15, 1969
Service recordRonald Ray Garner, of Leesburg, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 15, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Leesburg, Florida (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 52
- JAMES LEONARD GALKOWSKIFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1969
- CARLOS M GONZALESCorporal · June 15, 1969
- KISH LEMONT GREENWarrant Officer 1 · June 15, 1969
- JAMES G GRINERSpecialist Five · June 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANK JOHN PICELLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 55
- EDWARD VOYTPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 56
From Leesburg
- WILLIAM ERNEST HILLStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1965
- JOHN WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · September 7, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARDS JRSergeant · November 9, 1968
- QUINCY HIGHTOWER TRUETTChief Petty Officer · January 20, 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.