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RONNIE HERBERT BEALS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 17, 1943 – December 29, 1967
Service recordRonnie Herbert Beals, of Sacramento, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 90
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 90
- CHARLES DWYNE TOWNSENDPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- HERBERT OWEN ZINNEL JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- RONALD M ADAMSSergeant · December 29, 1967
- DAVID ANTHONY BLOUGHPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY R DOYLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32E, Line 92
- LUPE PAUL LOPEZPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 95
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.