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RONALD ROY CASSEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – May 18, 1967
Service recordRonald Roy Cassel, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Radar Crewmember (17B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 238 RAD DET 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 22
- JOSEPH CALHOUNSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- KENNETH ROBBINS CAMERONCaptain · May 18, 1967
- KENNETH NORRIS CHEEKLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- ROY DUKE CHITWOODStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1967
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 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.