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RONALD DAVID LOVELADY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordRonald David Lovelady, of Cullman, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 36
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Cullman, Alabama (Cullman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 36
- STEVEN JAMES LAYTONPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS LODISE JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS KEVIN LYONSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS MADELSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
From Cullman
- ROBERT BRANCH GLOVERSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
- JIMMY EARL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES WALTER BROCK IIIPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS CRUITTPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- WILLIAM OTTO SCHMALEMajor · August 23, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD DUCKWORTHSergeant · August 31, 1970
- DWAING USRY MCGIFFSergeant First Class · September 7, 1970
- RONALD HUGH HALLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1971
- TERRY GUS KUGLERSergeant · November 28, 1971
- NEIL WADE JONESSpecialist Four · December 31, 1971
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.