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RONALD WAYNE HERREN
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 10, 1946 – May 27, 1968
Service recordRonald Wayne Herren, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 9
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 9
- FRANCIS JOE HEFNERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- KENNETH RAYMOND HELLMANPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- LEE EDWARD HIMEBAUGHCorporal · May 27, 1968
- RUBEN LEE HORTONPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EDWARD BEATTYSergeant · Panel 65W, Line 4
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 1968
- MELVIN DARRYL RUMSEYPrivate First Class · November 20, 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.