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RONNIE NEAL TOPPS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 19, 1950 – November 11, 1972
Service recordRonnie Neal Topps, of Springfield, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 90
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Springfield, Illinois (Sangamon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1972; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1972, 21 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 90
- ROBERT MACK BROWNLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1972
- JOHN LEONARD CARROLLMajor · November 7, 1972
- ROBERT DAVID MORRISSEYLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1972
- FREDERICK W WRIGHT IIICommander · November 20, 1972
From Springfield
- ROBERT JOHN ACHASLance Corporal · March 14, 1965
- GLEN EDWARDS KINGLance Corporal · September 10, 1965
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- WILLIAM TOWNSLEY DEUELCaptain · September 30, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL JOYCEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1966
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN LESTERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD HELLYERPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- WILLIAM DEAN MARTINLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
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.