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RONALD RAYMOND CONKLIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1949 – December 3, 1968
Service recordRonald Raymond Conklin, of Collins, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 30
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Collins, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 30
- BILLY JOE CLAYBORNStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1968
- ALEX BOYD CONLEYSergeant · December 3, 1968
- LARRY LAMONT CUNNINGHAMStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1968
- JOHN CLARK DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
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.