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RONNIE COURTNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 29, 1947 – November 1, 1968
Service recordRonnie Courtney, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 73
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Tahlequah, Oklahoma (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 73
- CHARLES GREY COSTINSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- DUANE LEE COTTETCorporal · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL BRENDAN COUNIHANSergeant · November 1, 1968
- KENT ALAN CUNNINGHAMHospitalman · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM KAPENA ALAMEDACorporal · Panel 40W, Line 70
- MICHAEL PETER ALONGI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 70
- THOMAS WYLIE BAYONETSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 70
- THURL GUY CARTER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 71
- JAMES MICHAEL CIUPINSKISergeant · Panel 40W, Line 72
- CHARLES GREY COSTINSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 73
- JAMES EDDIE GRAVESSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 75
- WAYNE KEVIN LAINESpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 1
- JAMES EMMETT MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 1
- WENDELL D MCBURROWSSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 2
- MARVIN NORBERT PROPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 3
- LESTER WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 6
From Tahlequah
- WILLIAM LEE WARDPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BLACKFOXPrivate First Class · February 17, 1970
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.