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RONALD STEWART ALLEN III
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1942 – December 21, 1967
Service recordRonald Stewart Allen III, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 34
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Muskogee, Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 34
- RUDOLPH JOHN BILLIOTPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- JAMES HOMER BROWNPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BUCKFireman · December 21, 1967
- DANIEL SCOTT BUKALAPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
From Muskogee
- JOSEPH WILLIAM BURKETTMajor · July 13, 1964
- BUREN RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- CLAUDE NATHANIEL WILLIAMSCaptain · November 25, 1966
- JERRY K COVEYSpecialist Four · September 21, 1967
- GARY R HOLLANDPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- GARRY RAYMOND CHAPMANSergeant · May 5, 1968
- JERRY LEE CHAMBERSLieutenant Colonel · May 22, 1968
- JEDD EDWARD ASHBYSergeant · August 28, 1968
- REX LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
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.