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RONALD EARL COLVINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1949 – November 11, 1968
Service recordRonald Earl Colvins, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 47
- MICHAEL WAYNE CHANEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1968
- GEORGE W COONE JRSergeant First Class · November 11, 1968
- HOWARD KENNETH COOPERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- JAMES HAMBRICK JRLance Corporal · November 11, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.