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RONALD ROBERT NILES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1945 – July 31, 1969
Service recordRonald Robert Niles, of Mauston, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Mauston, Wisconsin (Juneau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 81
- DENNIS PAUL NEALMajor · July 31, 1969
- RANDY LEE OWENSFireman · July 31, 1969
- HENRY CLARENCE POLZINCorporal · July 31, 1969
- JOSEPH RENDONSergeant · July 31, 1969
From Mauston
- JAMES EDWARD LARSONSergeant · October 17, 1967
- ALBERT CLAY WATSON JRLance Corporal · October 31, 1967
- JAMES G RILEYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- DENNIS LEE BABCOCKPrivate · May 28, 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.