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RONALD W PENN
Captain · U.S. Army
May 6, 1941 – May 29, 1967
Service recordRonald W Penn, of Cucamonga, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Cucamonga, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 15
- WILLARD SHERWIN PRESCOTTCorporal · May 29, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM PRYSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT REYESCorporal · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL GEAN RUSHINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE DOTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 11
- WILLIAM GREGORY SILVASergeant · Panel 21E, Line 16
- RALPH BAMFORD WALKER IICaptain · Panel 21E, Line 16
From Cucamonga
- CHARLES BLAKE THOMASLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DAVID GLENN KELLISONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- DANIEL CARRASCOSpecialist Five · May 2, 1969
- FRED THOMAS TEALPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- LEONARD ERIC NYBERGLance Corporal · April 4, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM MCGUIRESergeant · April 29, 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.