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Submitted: 9/22/16 • Approved: 9/28/16 • Last Updated: 10/1/16 • R232266-G0-S3
addition 4 lot 58
Vietnam-Special Forces 101st & 82nd Airborne
Bronze Star and Purple Heart
no visible/identifiable monument 21-Oct-2013 thru May-2016
birth 30-Nov-951 death 12-Feb-2009
cemetery interment records-denotes cremation
KNIFFIN, Ronald Lee Age 57, of Huber Heights, passed away Thursday, February 12, 2009 at Upper Valley Medical Center. Ronald was a truck driver, an army Veteran with 2 tours in Vietnam, a Special Forces Airborne (101st & 82nd), he was a decorated Combat Veteran having received the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. He is preceded in death by parents, Walter & Margaret Kniffin, sister, Margaret J. Smith in 1985, and son, Buck Kniffin in 2000. Ronald is survived by his daughter & son-in-law, Virginia Dawn & Michael Senkbeil of WI; son & daughter-in-law, Zackary B. & Gretchen Kniffin of WI; brothers, Walter G. Ill of Huber Heights, John E. of SC, Timothy D. of MO, & Robert P. of VA; 6 grandchildren. Memorial Service 11:30 AM Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 40/8 Legion Hall, 4214 Powell Rd. Inurnment Fletcher Cemetery
KNIFFIN, Ronald Lee Age 57, of Huber Heights, passed away Thursday, February 12, 2009 at Upper Valley Medical Center. Ronald was a truck driver, an army Veteran with 2 tours in Vietnam, a Special Forces Airborne (101st & 82nd), he was a decorated Combat Veteran having received the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. He is preceded in death by parents, Walter & Margaret Kniffin, sister, Margaret J. Smith in 1985, and son, Buck Kniffin in 2000. Ronald is survived by his daughter & son-in-law, Virginia Dawn & Michael Senkbeil of WI; son & daughter-in-law, Zackary B. & Gretchen Kniffin of WI; brothers, Walter G. Ill of Huber Heights, John E. of SC, Timothy D. of MO, & Robert P. of VA; 6 grandchildren. Memorial Service 11:30 AM Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 40/8 Legion Hall, 4214 Powell Rd. Inurnment Fletcher Cemetery. Veterans are welcome to attend. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Marker & Heller Funeral Home, Huber Heights Chapel.
Published in Dayton Daily News on February 18, 2009
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