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RONNIE ALBERT KERR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1950 – April 14, 1971
Service recordRonnie Albert Kerr, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 123
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 123
- CHRISTOPHER LORING MAHERPetty Officer Second Class · March 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CARROLL ELROD JRMajor · April 14, 1971
- ROY RAY HALLCorporal · April 14, 1971
- JAMES JILES JRStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1971
- THOMAS EARL MACKEYConstructionman · April 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RODGER HYLER MITCHELLPrivate · Panel 4W, Line 124
- PAUL MICKLE NOLENSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 124
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 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.