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RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZ
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 10, 1946 – February 29, 1968
Service recordRonnie Dean Schultz, of Grand Junction, Colorado, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Junction, Colorado (Mesa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 9
- RICHARD ALAN RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- LUIA RODGERSPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOE STELO RODRIGUEZStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- MAURICE LEO SIROISSergeant · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN W COOKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42E, Line 3
- ROBERT WAYNE ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 4
From Grand Junction
- SAM BURNELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1966
- RICHARD PETE DONATHANLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- LEROY FRED DELGADO JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- GARY LEON TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DOBYPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · April 19, 1968
- PHILIP DENNIS MILLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE GOBBOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · March 12, 1970
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · February 5, 1971
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.