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RONNIE JOE ESKEW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 19, 1946 – January 23, 1968
Service recordRonnie Joe Eskew, of Yuba City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 15
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Yuba City, California (Sutter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 15
- BRUCE WESLEY DUDLEY JRPrivate First Class · January 23, 1968
- BOYCE LOWRANCE DUNCAN JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- GARY BERYL DUNCANSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS FANNINGLance Corporal · January 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MAYNARD BERGESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 13
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 14
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 14
- JOHN FORMAN LOBSINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 16
- LEE ANDRES LUALLINPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 16
- DONALD GORDON MACINTOSHSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 17
- JOSEPH STANLEY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 17
From Yuba City
- JOHN PATRICK EYNONSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- DONALD RAY CHRISTYCorporal · June 2, 1967
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- FRANK JOHN DEMARCOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- LESLIE LEROY MCCORKLECorporal · May 14, 1969
- FRANK D RYAN JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
- STEPHEN LOUIS RAYBURNSpecialist Four · December 24, 1972
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.