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RONNIE GEORGE LINDSTROM
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 14, 1944 – January 2, 1970
Service recordRonnie George Lindstrom, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 2, 1970, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 119
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 TFS 8 TFW
- Born
- June 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 2, 1970
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “25 TFS 8 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 119
- RAUL GARCIA JRCorporal · January 2, 1970
- STEVEN LYNN GREENPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- WILLIE JAMES HAYESStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1970
- ROGER WENDELL KVERNESLieutenant Colonel · January 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN THOMAS WESTCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 117
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.