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RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1946 – February 6, 1967
Service recordRonald William McNeilly, of Alhambra, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 130
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Alhambra, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 130
- JAMES ALAN LASCHEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- MERRHAGE MICHAEL MOYERSergeant · February 6, 1967
- CARLOS NOBERTO MUNIZCorporal · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL W ARRINGTON JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 126
- DONALD RAY BAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 126
- SAMUEL JUNIOUS BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 126
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 127
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 128
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 129
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 2
From Alhambra
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
- THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVALStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · March 18, 1969
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- STEPHEN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · October 29, 1972
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · January 27, 1973
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.