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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ronald William Munger.

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RONALD WILLIAM MUNGER

Sergeant · U.S. Army

November 6, 1948 – August 21, 1970

Service record

Ronald William Munger, of Beattie, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 8W · Line 127

Position of Panel 8W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
199 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
November 6, 1948
Home of record
Beattie, Kansas (Marshall County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 21, 1970
Age
21
Province
Binh Thuy
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

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What was happening

11 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.

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Also on Panel 8W, Line 127

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.