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RONALD WARREN DUCKETT
Private · U.S. Army
April 1, 1945 – February 23, 1966
Service recordRonald Warren Duckett, of Trafalgar, Indiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Trafalgar, Indiana (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 64
- HARMON CHARLES BURDSergeant · February 23, 1966
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD DALESergeant · February 23, 1966
- ARLEN JACKSON DUCKETT JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD BROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 63
From Trafalgar
- RANDY COIS MOORECorporal · February 23, 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.