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RONALD EDWARD HUMPHRIES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1948 – August 19, 1966
Service recordRonald Edward Humphries, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 19
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
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 19
- DALE LEE CLARKLance Corporal · August 19, 1966
- PETER DUGNESSCorporal · August 19, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MACHENPetty Officer Second Class · August 19, 1966
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.