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RONALD WALTER ZYDEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – September 17, 1968
Service recordRonald Walter Zydel, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 24
- PHILIP EDWARD ZELESKICorporal · September 17, 1968
- LARRY HUGH ALLENSergeant · September 18, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD BARTELLSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES BECKLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL EDWARD BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 12
- COLOMBO PHIL DELTERZOSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 13
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 18
- JAMES PATRICK RAWLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 20
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 22
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.