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RONALD DALE PATE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1948 – February 5, 1970
Service recordRonald Dale Pate, of Charleston Heights, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 5, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 104
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Radio Repairer (2841)
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Charleston Heights, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 104
- JAMES JOHN OSHAUGHNESSYCorporal · March 25, 1969
- PAUL ERIC LEESCorporal · February 5, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL LYONCaptain · February 5, 1970
- RALPH MARTINCorporal · February 5, 1970
- WILLIAM SMITHCorporal · February 5, 1970
From Charleston Heights
- JOSEPH LEVERN RABONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY GARNERPetty Officer Third Class · May 29, 1967
- HERBERT WIGFALL JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE W WILSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES A JONESSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DANIEL SEASEMaster Sergeant · September 8, 1967
- CLYDE A RHINEHARTSergeant · February 11, 1968
- WAYNE WOOD KNUPPSpecialist Four · June 30, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE WARNERSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- STEVEN LEROY PESSIERSergeant · September 4, 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.