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RONALD ERNEST INGRAM
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 17, 1948 – July 6, 1968
Service recordRonald Ernest Ingram, of Redwood City, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 27
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- September 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Redwood City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 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
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 27
- JOHN LAWRENCE HASFORD JRStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HOLLIE JRSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KILDERRYLance Corporal · July 6, 1968
- THOMAS PATRICK MAHONEY IIILance Corporal · July 6, 1968
From Redwood City
- RALPH FORRESTER GALVINPrivate · July 29, 1965
- DAVID GEORGE CALLISLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN NETO RODRIGUESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1966
- PHILIP JEREMIAH SMITHPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- WALTER ADOLPH WAGNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1967
- MICHAEL GAIL HARVEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1967
- ALAN MACDONALD STURDYSergeant · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JEROME KOPFERAirman First Class · February 21, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM CLAIRECorporal · February 25, 1968
- STEPHEN GRIFFITH MONTAGUECorporal · October 16, 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.