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RONALD RAY WALLS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1938 – September 26, 1968
Service recordRonald Ray Walls, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 24
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 26, 1938
- Home of record
- Lewistown, Pennsylvania (Mifflin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 24
- JOHNNY WAYNE THOMPSONCorporal · September 26, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES TOBEYSergeant · September 26, 1968
- STEPHEN LANCE TOWNSENDSergeant · September 26, 1968
- FREDERICK EUGENE TRANI JRLieutenant · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE JOHN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 23
From Lewistown
- HAROLD ELMER BURKETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- SIDNEY GEORGE KREISHERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- RUSSELL EDWARD KEPHARTSergeant · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANK ROCCOSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- WILLIAM CLAYTON HACKETTStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- JOHN HOWARD GUTHRIDGECaptain · August 29, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY ROYERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1971
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.