Ronald Thomas Cavazos
Private First Class
H&S CO, 1ST BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Detroit, Michigan
June 29, 1949 to April 04, 1968
RONALD T CAVAZOS is on the Wall at Panel 48E, Line 1

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Combat Action Ribbon
 
 Ronald T Cavazos
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18 Apr 2003

I served with him in Vietnam - went through radio school and staging battalion with Ronald. Before shipping out to Vietnam, he asked me to take his guard duty so he could fly home and see his parents. He said he knew he wasn't coming back. I tried to calm him, that we all had these fears.

I took his guard duty and he got home for his goodbyes.

He knew.

From a fellow Marine,
Steve Biesiot
stevebiesiot@direcway.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, lost eight men on 04 Apr 1968:
  • A Company:
    • LCpl James O. Holloway, Newark, NJ (Silver Star)
    • LCpl Brian V. Lindberg, Dunnell, MN
    • Pfc Edward L. Towslee, Akron, OH

  • B Company:
    • Pfc Robert M. Jacob, Bristol, CT

  • C Company:
  • H&S Company:
    • Capt Walter C. Jones, Garden City, NY
    • LCpl Charles C. Miller, Mount Pleasant, IA
    • Pfc Ronald T. Cavazos, Detroit, MI
PFC Cavazos' cousin, Army Pfc Reynaldo Roy Cavazos, was killed in action two years earlier, on 18 Feb 1966, while flying as a Huey door gunner.

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