Ronald Page Paschall

Vietnam War
UnitTroop F, 8th Cavalry Regiment
RankSpecialist 5 U.S. Army
Entered Service FromAlderwood Manor Washington
Date of DeathApril 2 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Specialist, Fifth Class Paschall was a member of Troop F, 8th Cavalry Regiment. On April 2, 1972, he was the co-pilot of a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) trying to rescue Air Force personnel shot down north of Quang Tri, South Vietnam. His aircraft was shot down and he was killed. His remains were recovered on February 8, 1993 and identified on February 11, 1994. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.