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RONALD SALVATORE RUSSO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 10, 1939 – January 27, 1968
Service recordRonald Salvatore Russo, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 10, 1939
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 52
- RALPH D WHEELER IIIHospitalman · January 27, 1968
- ISAIAH WHITESpecialist Four · January 27, 1968
- KURT FREDRICK ZIMMERMANCorporal · January 27, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN BALLHEIMCorporal · January 28, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.