Ronald James Fuite, age 30, from West Olive, Michigan, Ottawa county.
Service era: Vietnam
Parent: Helen and Lester Fuite
School: Grand Haven High (1967)
Date of death: Saturday, February 16, 1980
Death details: Ron was wounded in action Jan. 15, 1970. He suffered “a fragment wound to the head.” Ron returned to the states in 1970. He was quadriplegic and unable to speak. He spent the next 10 years in veterans hospitals, mostly in Battle Creek and Ann Arbor. Two year after his death, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated. His name was added in 1990.
Cemetery: Grand Haven, Michigan
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, Detroit Free Press (1980)