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MELVIN RONALD CHILDERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 17, 1948 – September 17, 1969
Service recordMelvin Ronald Childers, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 100
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 100
- JERRY EDWIN BARKERLance Corporal · September 17, 1969
- RONALD BURK BISHOPStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1969
- KENNETH GEORGE BURLOCK JRSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
- JOHN LANE CHESEBROUGHPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.