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RONNIE LOUIS POUNDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 10, 1947 – September 28, 1968
Service recordRonnie Louis Pounds, of Kenner, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 36
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Kenner, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 36
- CARL VALENTINE HANSENSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROGER LEE JOHNSON JRFirst Lieutenant · September 28, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT KLOTZSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- JOSEPH DARRELL LILLYPetty Officer Second Class · September 28, 1968
- DAN BAKER NORTONPetty Officer First Class · September 28, 1968
From Kenner
- CARVER JOSEPH ENGLISH JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1966
- JOSEPH STARNS KOPFLER IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1966
- DOUGLAS RANDOLPH HEATHPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · September 26, 1968
- JOHN PRESTON KARRFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1969
- JOE COOPERSergeant · September 11, 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.