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RONALD WASHINGTON PHARIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1946 – August 27, 1968
Service recordRonald Washington Pharis, of Lake City, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 44
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Lake City, Florida (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 44
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKMajor · August 27, 1968
- ERNEST POSTORINOLance Corporal · August 27, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- RUDOLPH SOTELO RENTERIASpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN STANLEY BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 37
- VINCENT ALLEN CLARKSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 38
- WASHINGTON L JAMESSergeant First Class · Panel 46W, Line 42
From Lake City
- GILBERT SMITH JRSergeant · August 24, 1965
- RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · July 19, 1966
- JULIUS FRAZIER JONESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- RAY FRANCIS WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1966
- EUGENE MCCRAYPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- EUGENE LARRY FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT REHBERGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- MELVIN LAMAR MIZESpecialist Five · June 18, 1969
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.