Ronald Washington Pharis

Staff Sergeant
A CO, 1ST BN, 508TH INF RGT, 82 ABN DIV
Army of the United States
11 July 1946 - 27 August 1968
Lake City, Florida
Panel 46W Line 044

82 ABN DIV

508TH INF RGT 		Combat Medic

Purple Heart, Good Conduct, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Ronald Washington Pharis

09 June 2005

Eldest son of a fine mother, Nellie Pharis.
Missed every day.
Photographs, medals and ribbons are stored away now,
But Ronald's mother will never forget.

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Then-Sergeant Ronald Pharis was a combat medic assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Bn, 508th Infantry, but he was in the field as Alpha Company's senior medic on 27 Aug 1968. Alpha 1/508 lost four men that day:
  • 1LT John S. Baxter, Plainwell, MI
  • SFC Washington L. James, Shady Spring, WV
  • SSG Ronald W. Pharis, Lake City, FL
  • SGT Vincent A. Clark, Indianapolis, IN
Sgt Pharis received a posthumous promotion to Staff Sergeant.

Visit John Dennison's
Medics on the Wall
memorial which honors the
Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.





Top of Page

Virtual Wall icon
www.VirtualWall.org

Back to
To alpha index P
FL State Index . Panel 46W
508TH INF RGT Index

Contact Us


With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Last updated 08/10/2009