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RONALD STEVE SHEPHERD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1951 – August 28, 1971
Service recordRonald Steve Shepherd, of Knox, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 5
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Knox, Indiana (Starke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 5
- EUGENE GRIFFINPetty Officer First Class · August 28, 1971
- CURTIS LEE NELSONSpecialist Four · August 28, 1971
- ALLAN LYNN HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · August 29, 1971
- OSCAR BURDETT WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1971
From Knox
- ROBERT LOYD HANSELMANSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- GEORGE ANDREWS HOWESChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 10, 1970
- WILLIAM CHARLES PRCHLIKPetty Officer Second Class · August 6, 1970
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.