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RONALD ROBERT NORTHROP
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – March 11, 1971
Service recordRonald Robert Northrop, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 39
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Translator-Interpreter (04B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 39
- AERIO JOSEPH LUCCHI JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1971
- MICHAEL JOHN LUSEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1971
- DAVID HUGH SMITHCorporal · March 11, 1971
- RAYMOND JOHN BAKERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1971
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.