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RONALD RICHARD FILLMORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1946 – March 20, 1967
Service recordRonald Richard Fillmore, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 MED DET USARV
- Born
- October 20, 1946
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “57 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 121
- GREG FREDRICK GOODMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- NICK JIM GRCICHSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD HAGGARDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD L BUSHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16E, Line 119
- CLIFFORD RAY HERRINPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 122
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.