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RONALD WAYNE RASH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 2, 1949 – June 10, 1970
Service recordRonald Wayne Rash, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 40
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 2, 1949
- Home of record
- North Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 40
- DONALD P MARKLAND IIISergeant · June 10, 1970
- JOHN ROBERT MUNGERSergeant · June 10, 1970
- PHILIP MOREY OVERBECKFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1970
- WALTER MELVIN PIERCEPrivate First Class · June 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DALE EDWARD GREIFEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 38
From North Little Rock
- AQUILA BAKERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- RONALD ALAN PATTISONSergeant · September 6, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- PAUL EVANS MAYERSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- COY EDWARD STROBLECorporal · June 13, 1968
- MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGEFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE ACOSTASpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
- MARVIN COOK JRCaptain · January 26, 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.