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LON BARRY EWING
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 29, 1948 – May 19, 1968
Service recordLon Barry Ewing, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 18
- HENRY JACKSONSergeant · May 18, 1968
- STANLEY A SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JAYE ARTHUR SHARPESergeant · May 19, 1968
- GEORGE OWEN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
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.