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RONALD WALTER FEROUGE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1948 – May 14, 1969
Service recordRonald Walter Ferouge, of San Leandro, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1948
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 5
- MICHAEL KENT FULTZSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- GILES WILSON GILMERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- MARK JOSEPH GIRONPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- FRED GRABIEL GUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD BOUTTRYCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 1
- MICHAEL KENT FULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 5
- ROBERT M HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 6
- HENRY LAWRENCE OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 9
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 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.