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RAY LONNIE GONCE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1935 – October 19, 1966
Service recordRay Lonnie Gonce, of Loves Park, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 19, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 90
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 8, 1935
- Home of record
- Loves Park, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1966; four 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 90
- MICHAEL JOHN BURKEStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1966
- JOSE MANUEL CRUZPrivate First Class · October 19, 1966
- LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JRSergeant · October 19, 1966
- RICHARD EDWARD MISHUKStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1966
From Loves Park
- FELIZ PERRISLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- STANLEY F PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- CURTIS PAUL CHALLBERGFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1969
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.