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RONALD EUGENE CHANDLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 22, 1952 – August 26, 1970
Service recordRonald Eugene Chandler, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 9
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 22, 1952
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 9
- WESLEY OTERIA CODYCorporal · August 26, 1970
- ONNIE DAVID DUNCANSergeant · August 26, 1970
- CURTISS ESTRIDGESpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- BENNY RAY HALSTEADSpecialist Five · August 26, 1970
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.