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RONALD S ATHANASIOU
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 21, 1949 – January 21, 1970
Service recordRonald S Athanasiou, of Jacksonville, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 21, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 50
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15
- Born
- January 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Texas (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 50
- FRANK ANTHONY PECORAROSpecialist Four · January 20, 1970
- WILLIAM LEROY PHILLIPSCaptain · January 20, 1970
- ROGER LEE SCOTTWarrant Officer 1 · January 20, 1970
- WILLIAM WARREN SURETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CHARLES BAUMERFireman · Panel 14W, Line 51
From Jacksonville
- HENRY LON TURNCorporal · May 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE JORDANPrivate First Class · February 21, 1968
- GEORGE L BARBER IIICaptain · March 4, 1968
- WILLIAM PRESTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · August 2, 1968
- CHARLIE RAY MCDONALDSpecialist Four · April 4, 1969
- LEE ROY NOLLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 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.