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RONALD STEPHEN BAY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 4, 1949 – February 26, 1970
Service recordRonald Stephen Bay, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 26, 1970, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 56
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
- Electrician's Mate (EM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMNAVSUPPACT SGN DET YRBM 21
- Born
- October 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; nine of them were lost in An Giang Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “COMNAVSUPPACT SGN DET YRBM 21”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 56
- NORMAN KELLY BYASSEEPetty Officer Second Class · February 26, 1970
- ROBERT BARRY CROSBYSpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
- MARK STEVEN DIORIOSpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LANE FALLOWSPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 13W, Line 57
- FRANK BARD GLENDENNINGPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 13W, Line 57
- ARCHIE CARL WABSCHALL IIIPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 13W, Line 60
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.