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RONALD DEAN MARCRUM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 25, 1946 – October 15, 1967
Service recordRonald Dean Marcrum, of Monte Rio, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 10
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Monte Rio, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 10
- LARRY TURNER MCBURNETTPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS MORROWStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1967
- EDWARD MOSLEYTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1967
- EUGENE ALLEN PARISHPrivate First Class · October 15, 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.