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RONALD EUGENE DASCOMBE
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
May 9, 1930 – July 19, 1969
Service recordRonald Eugene Dascombe, of Knox, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 19, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 18
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ldo (6302)
- Born
- May 9, 1930
- Home of record
- Knox, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 18
- JOHN DWANE COSSEYPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- WARREN K DAVISMajor · July 19, 1969
- BERNARD FRANCIS DEUTSCHPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT DEVNEYPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
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.