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RONALD REE SOMES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1948 – May 3, 1969
Service recordRonald Ree Somes, of Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Sault Ste Marie, Michigan (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 108
- ARMAND DOMINIC MASTENSergeant · May 3, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID MILLERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- RAMON MORENOSergeant First Class · May 3, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID STEVENSPetty Officer Second Class · May 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARMAND DOMINIC MASTENSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 108
From Sault Ste Marie
- HARRISON BRUCE BALLSergeant · September 18, 1967
- MILAN CHAUNCEY WYDRACorporal · January 3, 1968
- HARRY HENRY DESORMEAUXSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES POLISKISpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR WIRTSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- KENNETH EMERY VERRETTSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.