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RONNIE LOUIS PHELPS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 3, 1947 – May 13, 1967
Service recordRonnie Louis Phelps, of Porterville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Porterville, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
He died in Tây Ninh Province while Operation Junction City was under way. Operation Junction City (22 February–14 May 1967), in War Zone C along the Cambodian border, was the largest U.S. operation of the war to that time and included the only major American combat parachute assault of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 110
- BILLY JAY MEADORSpecialist Five · May 13, 1967
- CHARLES J MILBRANDTSpecialist Four · May 13, 1967
- JULIO VICTOR MORALESLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
- JOAQUIM VAZ REBELOLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE GARRISONCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 106
From Porterville
- RODNEY BALAAM CARTERCommander · October 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD ALAN JONESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- PATRICK ALBERT HIGGINSCorporal · May 10, 1968
- RONALD DAVID SHOCKLEYAirman Apprentice · August 24, 1968
- LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- DENNIS FLOYD ELLISPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.