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RONALD WAYNE SEBRING
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 13, 1932 – July 2, 1968
Service recordRonald Wayne Sebring, of Lindale, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 38
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1932
- Home of record
- Lindale, Texas (Smith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 38
- JOHN EMORY MILESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1968
- MANUEL GARCIA OROPEZAPrivate First Class · July 2, 1968
- GLENN AIREN PRANGERStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1968
- JAMES CLEVELAND TULLISSergeant · July 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE B CATLINGSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 35
From Lindale
- CARL LEE GLASSCOCKSergeant · August 25, 1966
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.