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RONALD SIDNEY LOWE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 14, 1949 – May 9, 1970
Service recordRonald Sidney Lowe, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 7
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motion Picture Specialist (84C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- March 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 7
- WILLIAM O LASSITER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · May 9, 1970
- NELSON CHARLES LUTHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- JERRY ROY MARCOStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- JOHN AUSTIN MARRSergeant · May 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 4
- DOUGLAS JOHN ITRISpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 6
- RAYMOND LOUIS PARADISPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 8
- LARRY CLAYTON YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 10
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 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.