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RONALD ANTHONY WILLIAMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1946 – June 7, 1967
Service recordRonald Anthony Williams, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FORCE 1 RECON BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 72
- LARRY EUGENE WORTHENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- EDWARD SATORU YAMASHIROSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- JEFFREY LAWRENCE BARKERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.