Massillon in Stark County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Ronald Van Stanton
Sergeant First Class - U.S. Army
| | October 21, 1946 - October 20, 1968 | |
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025
1. Ronald Van Stanton Marker
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Ronald Stanton moved to Massillon after high school to live with his sister and work at Republic Steel Corporation before his enlistment. A week before his scheduled return home, he was listed as "missing in action" after his CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the Seventeenth Aviation Group failed to arrive at its destination from Dong Da Thin. A week-long search failed to locate the aircraft. Friendship Baptist Church in Massillon held a memorial service in 1978. In 2001, Stanton's remains were found and confirmed; he was officially listed as "killed in action." Along with four fallen comrades, Sergeant First Class Stanton was interred in Arlington National Cemetery. A six-horse-drawn caisson bore the caskets, Chinooks roared nearby, a bald eagle soared overhead, and fifty-six veterans of the Two Hundred Forty-Third Assault Support Helicopter Company reunited to mourn.
Eleven Air Medals Good Conduct Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Vietnam Campaign Medal
Erected by The Deuble Foundation.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Vietnam. A significant historical year for this entry is 1978.
Location. 40° 47.598′ N, 81° 31.639′ W. Memorial is in
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Regionally, this memorial is in Amish Country and in Greater Cleveland. It is also in the American Midwest. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ronald Venton Hacker (here, next to this marker); Terry Chip Welty (here, next to this marker); Robert Louis Mingle (here, next to this marker); John Robert Sinnock (here, next to this marker); Gary Lee Stewart (here, next to this marker); Forest Gaylord Highland, Jr (a few steps from this marker); Vernon Ray Riley (a few steps from this marker); Richard E. Fuchs (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Massillon.
Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025
2. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Viaduct
Credits. This page was last revised on May 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 107 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
