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RONALD WAYNE IRELAND
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 11, 1949 – November 16, 1969
Service recordRonald Wayne Ireland, of St Elmo, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 84
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1949
- Home of record
- St Elmo, Illinois (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 84
- GEORGE RICHARD FAZZAHSpecialist Four · November 16, 1969
- ERNEST DOW FORDSergeant · November 16, 1969
- LARRY DANIEL HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD KUSHMAUL JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY LEE LIMBACHCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 85
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.