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RONALD CHARLES KEARSLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 15, 1947 – April 21, 1968
Service recordRonald Charles Kearsley, of Sandusky, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 22
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Sandusky, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 22
- FRANCIS XAVIER KANEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- RICHARD CARL KLINKENBERGPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES LINKChief Warrant Officer 3 · April 21, 1968
- LYLE EVERETT MACKEDANZSergeant First Class · April 21, 1968
From Sandusky
- DALE DANIEL THOMASCaptain · July 30, 1964
- JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGERLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM GREENECorporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- NELSON LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · March 7, 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.