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RONALD CLYDE HIGH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1949 – August 31, 1968
Service recordRonald Clyde High, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 14
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 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Midwest City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- 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
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 14
- MORRIS GORDON DUNNCorporal · August 31, 1968
- RAYMOND KERMIT HONAKER JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH JENKS JRFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- JULIAN STANLEY KEE JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
From Midwest City
- JAMES LARKIN EATMONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- LAWRENCE STEPHEN ROBBINSLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- ALLEN PERDA MILLERSergeant · December 19, 1966
- HAL JONES ROWLETTMaster Sergeant · January 6, 1967
- DONALD LEE BERNARDPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- JOHN KIRBY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- GAILEN CHEEK CROSSLINPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- GEORGE RALPH CASTILLOCorporal · January 24, 1968
- JAMES DALE GUFFEYSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- RANDALL LEE MCELREATHLance Corporal · March 12, 1968
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.