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RONALD DEE JEWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 18, 1948 – February 26, 1969
Service recordRonald Dee Jewell, of Aurora, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 68
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- May 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Aurora, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 68
- DUANE ALLEN HIPPLESergeant · February 26, 1969
- DAVID CHARLES M JACKSONSpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- RICHARD MICHAEL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- SAMMY EDWARD KINNAMONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
From Aurora
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JOHN PAUL CRANDALLSergeant · March 21, 1967
- RAMIRO CARDENASLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DENNIS ARRON TOADVINECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- GERALD JOHN LAFLEURSpecialist Four · July 15, 1968
- KARL RICHARD HARINGSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 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.