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RONNIE JOE DAUGHERTY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordRonnie Joe Daugherty, of Newcomb, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Newcomb, Tennessee (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 8
- GEORGE WILLIAM CLARKCorporal · May 24, 1968
- KEVIN CORCORANPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- DAVID WESLEY CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- MICHAEL LINDSEY DEANEFirst Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
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.