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RONALD VERNON WEARMOUTH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1943 – June 14, 1968
Service recordRonald Vernon Wearmouth, of Newton, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Newton, Iowa (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 21
- DOYLE WAYNE OVERTONPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- HAROLD RAYMOND VOGELCaptain · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT DELUN WOODPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD THOMAS CHRISTYSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 16
- JOHNNIE LAMAR DOUGLASSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 17
- HAROLD SPENCER LOCKWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 19
- CRAIG STANLEY MUHICHSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 20
From Newton
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SCHRADERLance Corporal · January 19, 1970
- EDWARD JAMES BRUESergeant First Class · August 12, 1972
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.