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RONALD WAYNE LYERLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 16, 1946 – March 6, 1967
Service recordRonald Wayne Lyerly, of Salisbury, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 29
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Salisbury, North Carolina (Rowan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 16E, Line 29
- HARRY WILLIAM KLEBERSergeant · March 6, 1967
- DOUGLAS LEE KRAMERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- LARRY ADRIAN LANDCorporal · March 6, 1967
- BURGESS ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
From Salisbury
- ROBERT MAXWELL BROWN JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- EDWIN EVERTON MORGANChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- SCOTT TERRY WELBORNEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- KAY WILLIAM WRIGHTCorporal · July 4, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD HOWELance Corporal · July 16, 1967
- DONALD VANCE DAVISLieutenant Commander · July 25, 1967
- DOUGLAS RAY NOELPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- GEORGE FRANKLIN ANTONITISCorporal · December 3, 1967
- DANIEL GUESTChief Petty Officer · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT ERVIN GILMORELance Corporal · February 12, 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.