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RONALD EUGENE FRIZZELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1948 – August 12, 1966
Service recordRonald Eugene Frizzell, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 130
- GORDON HERBERT DUNAWAYLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
- JOHN WALLACE EDGERLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- ROBERT DENNIS FINDLEYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- LEONARD GORDON GOROSPEPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.