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RONALD EDGAR PLAYFORD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1948 – March 24, 1969
Service recordRonald Edgar Playford, of Yelm, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 29
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Yelm, Washington (Thurston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 29
- MINOR WESLEY PATTILLOSergeant · March 24, 1969
- DONALD SHELDON REPACICorporal · March 24, 1969
- WILLIE J SANDFER JRStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL SILVERIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
From Yelm
- JERRY WAYNE MCGLOTHLENSpecialist Four · June 9, 1970
- LONNIE MELROE SWINSONMaster Sergeant · September 11, 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.