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RONNIE LEE OBNEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1949 – May 8, 1968
Service recordRonnie Lee Obney, of East Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · 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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- East Detroit, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 8
- RICHARD W FRINKPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- ALBERT F OBANNON JRSergeant · May 8, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKERINGPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- STEVEN JAMES PRESCOTTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROLAND CLEMON CROSBYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 1
- ARMSTEAD JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 57E, Line 4
- DAVID BRUCE KNAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 5
- GERALD WAYNE MCCONNEL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 7
- DONALD WILLIAM PICKERINGPrivate First Class · Panel 57E, Line 8
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 12
From East Detroit
- CHARLES AUGUST KRONBERGSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID WHITELAWCorporal · February 25, 1968
- DONALD KENT MCLEANSergeant · February 7, 1969
- CHARLES FRANCIS COOKSergeant · March 28, 1969
- CASIMIR KULIKSergeant · December 12, 1969
- PATRICK TRACYFireman · March 8, 1970
- KENNETH STANLEY GNIEWEKCorporal · September 5, 1970
- RICHARD LENARD HAMILTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1971
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.