THE WALL OF FACES

Ron was a great friend and I can't remember anyone that didn't like him. He was a great person and is still missed today.

Ronald is buried at Gardens of Memory, Muncie, Delaware County, IN.

Dear SGT Ronald Louis Cleland, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter

I miss you Ron and you were a great brother. I think of you a lot and wonder how life would have been if you would have returned. We had dreams and a lot of them i have tried to fulfill on my own but know I would have been a better person if you would have been here. I always looked up to you and still admire your leadership to this day. I hope to get to see you again some day and know I have seen you in my dreams. Some have been more than real. Any of you guys that have written and was with him I would love to talk to you.

I was with Ron the day he was killed, we had just left our NDP on the last day of our mission when he stepped on a mine. SP4 Headley was severly wounded and was walking directly behind Ron. I was the 3rd man of the 5 man team. I got Headley medivaced and then got the rest of the team out back to Quang Tri. Not a day goes by that I don't think of Ron and the rest of my team from Echo 1/11. He was a great friend and a good Sgt.