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RONNIE RAY LOVETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1947 – April 12, 1966
Service recordRonnie Ray Lovett, of Phoenix, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 107
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)
- Born
- April 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 107
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- KENNETH WARD PUGHSenior Chief Petty Officer · April 12, 1966
- WAYNE JUDE SPELLMANCorporal · April 12, 1966
- JAMES ROMAN TOMAKOSKIPrivate First Class · April 12, 1966
From Phoenix
- GLEN WAYNE BRADLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 10, 1965
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.