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RONNIE O BIGELOW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1947 – February 20, 1968
Service recordRonnie O Bigelow, of Sheridan, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · 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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Carpentry And Masonry Specialist (51B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Sheridan, Oregon (Yamhill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 36
- JOHN ANTHONY BAFILESpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
- JOHN FRANK BARANOSKIPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- DANIEL ROGER BODINCorporal · February 20, 1968
- DAVID RUSSELL BOSWORTHSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY BAFILESpecialist Five · Panel 40E, Line 36
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGINNISMajor · Panel 40E, Line 45
From Sheridan
- DAVID MORRIS BARRETTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE ALTUSCaptain · November 23, 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.