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RONNIE LEE HERRIMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 18, 1942 – July 25, 1969
Service recordRonnie Lee Herriman, of Marquette, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 44
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Marquette, Kansas (Mcpherson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 44
- WILLIAM LEWIS HAAKLance Corporal · July 25, 1969
- MICHAEL JENNINGSLance Corporal · July 25, 1969
- CURTIS JONESPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · July 25, 1969
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.