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RONALD WILLIAM BRYANT
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 23, 1947 – February 6, 1968
Service recordRonald William Bryant, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Long An Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 50
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREWERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- RONALD LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOHN BACHMANCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 47
- ROBERT EARL BALDWINSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 47
- EDWARD JAMES BOVACorporal · Panel 37E, Line 49
- WILLIS GLEN CARDINCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 52
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · Panel 37E, Line 52
- JOHN H EDWARDS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 54
- WILLIE GARCIA JRCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 56
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 58
- EDWARD JOHN KOWSKI JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 60
- WALTER THAXTON PANNELLSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 66
- CONRAD E ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 67
- WILLIAM A SAWYERSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 68
- PAUL DAVID SHAMP JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 69
- TENNYSON AARON THOMASCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 71
- MICHAEL WARREN WEBSTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 75
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.