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RONALD DUDLEY RICH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1944 – December 28, 1966
Service recordRonald Dudley Rich, of Decatur, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 93
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
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- January 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Decatur, Alabama (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 93
- WILLIAM LAWRE MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- CARY NEALPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM PAWLAKPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- RONALD KENNETH SCHMIDLance Corporal · December 28, 1966
From Decatur
- TOMMY L NICHOLASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- JOHN EARL MCVAYPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE HOSE JRLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- BOBBY RAY ALEXANDERCorporal · November 16, 1967
- ARIE TERRYCorporal · April 30, 1968
- WILLIAM HILLIARD OVERTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- CARL EUGENE MORGANPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE EARPCorporal · August 10, 1969
- MORGAN WILLIAM WEEDFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1970
- RODGER PINKNEY CROWSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
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.