Ronald Washington Pharis
Staff Sergeant
HHC, 1ST BN, 508TH INFANTRY, 3RD BDE, 82ND ABN DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Lake City, Florida
July 11, 1946 to August 27, 1968
RONALD W PHARIS is on the Wall at Panel W46, Line 44

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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.

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Medics on the Wall
memorial which honors the
Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.


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