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RONALD WILLIAM FREEMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1947 – January 2, 1969
Service recordRonald William Freeman, of Dunkirk, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 19
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Dunkirk, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 19
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BASTIANSergeant · January 2, 1969
- DEAN FRANKLIN BOLHOUSEWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN BOROVICKSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- CHARLES DIETER GROHSergeant · January 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN MORRISSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 21
From Dunkirk
- HARRY LEONARD KAUS JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- DAHL JAMES LAPORTESergeant · August 24, 1965
- CURTIS EUGENE CRAWFORDCorporal · February 28, 1967
- WILLIAM G FELLINGER JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT L SAMUELSONSergeant · April 7, 1968
- VINCENT JOSEPH ROSSOTTOCorporal · June 27, 1968
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.