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RONALD EUGENE GRIER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1946 – May 26, 1968
Service recordRonald Eugene Grier, of Van Etten, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 66W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66W · Line 7
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
- Born
- September 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Van Etten, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66W, Line 7
- RICHARD FERRALEZCorporal · May 26, 1968
- HARRISON LEROY HALEYCaptain · May 26, 1968
- STERLING HAROLD HILLStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1968
- CLYDE STEVEN HIMESSergeant · May 26, 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.