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RONALD BOHANNON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1950 – April 20, 1969
Service recordRonald Bohannon, of Kirtland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 13
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
- December 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Kirtland, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 13
- ROBERT CHARLES BOUCHERCaptain · April 20, 1969
- CHARLIE PAUL BRYANT JRLance Corporal · April 20, 1969
- ROGER WAYNE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · April 20, 1969
- CHARLES HANSEN VESEYSergeant · April 20, 1969
From Kirtland
- DANIEL GREGORY ZEGARACLance Corporal · April 11, 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.