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JOE LUIS RONJE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1944 – October 13, 1966
Service recordJoe Luis Ronje, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 13, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 72
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 72
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- ERNEST GERALD PIPKINSergeant · October 13, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL SMYRYCHYNSKICorporal · October 13, 1966
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.