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RONALD STIRLING PENMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 2, 1947 – October 12, 1967
Service recordRonald Stirling Penman, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 96
- JOHN RAYMOND LEECorporal · October 12, 1967
- MALCOLM PIERCE LIBBEYStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCCARTYFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1967
- FRANK MELECAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · Panel 27E, Line 95
- EDWARD CARL JARVISPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 95
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.