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RONNIE JOSEPH PETRE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 10, 1948 – September 2, 1969
Service recordRonnie Joseph Petre, of Inkster, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 25
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Inkster, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 25
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCCORMACKPrivate · September 2, 1969
- BRENT BRITTEN NAUSSSpecialist Four · September 2, 1969
- EDWARD RAY SARGENTCorporal · September 2, 1969
- RAYMOND WALTER VAUGHAN JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNY LAYTON JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 24
- DELMIS CLAYTON WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 26
From Inkster
- RICHARD EDWIN WILSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- JAMES MCMURRAY MCLEANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- JOSEPH BONNERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN DUDEKLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- LUTHER JAMES LACKLANDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- HOWARD JOSEPH MANERPetty Officer First Class · June 18, 1969
- PAUL DAVIS JONESPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SERVANTEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- ARVELL BERNARD HOLSTONSergeant · March 20, 1970
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.