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RONNIE COLEMAN ANDERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1942 – November 24, 1966
Service recordRonnie Coleman Anderson, of Russell Springs, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Russell Springs, Kentucky (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 116
- JOHN NETO RODRIGUESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD WEINBERGPrivate · November 24, 1966
- GLENN VIRGIL GARDNERPrivate · November 25, 1966
- JESSE GUERREROSpecialist Four · November 25, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MALCOLM KEITH BROUHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 113
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 114
- DONALD ROBERT DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 114
- THOMAS GUSTAV ERICKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 114
- RUSSELL EDWIN FERREBEESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 114
- EDDIE CESARIO LOPEZPrivate · Panel 12E, Line 115
- GRADY EDWARD MCELROYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 115
- DONALD IRVIN RANKINSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 115
From Russell Springs
- AVERY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
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.