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RONNIE EUGENE ALVORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1947 – March 5, 1968
Service recordRonnie Eugene Alvord, of Hutchinson, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 2
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
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 51 INF II FF
- Born
- January 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Hutchinson, Kansas (Reno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 2
- ROBERT HARVEY WALKERSpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
- CURTIS LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD WINDBIGLERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- ROGER KIMO YAMANAKALance Corporal · March 4, 1968
From Hutchinson
- KENNETH LEE GLAZEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- KEITH D GRIFFINSergeant · March 16, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- JAMES DALE OSENBAUGHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- MICHAEL LUND WILSONSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
- DAVID REID NELSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- DENNIS BLAINE GREENSeaman Apprentice · January 19, 1969
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES GREATHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
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.