Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: Air Cavalry Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 22-Sep-1951
Hometown: Chalfont, Pennsylvania
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 12-Apr-1971
Start of tour: 6-Sep-1971
Incident date: 29-Dec-1972
Date of casualty: 19-Jan-1971
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Ronald Anthony Longfellow died as a result of injuries received on 28 Dec 1971 while on a dismounted patrol when a booby trap detonated.
Location of fatality: Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, YT 045 214
Place of interment: Whitemarsh Memorial Park, Ambler, Pennsylvania, USA
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