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RONALD EUGENE HOLMES
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 28, 1937 – December 6, 1967
Service recordRonald Eugene Holmes, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 47
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- December 28, 1937
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 47
- THOMAS O HARPER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- VINCENT VANALSTYNE HAUSERFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1967
- AUSTIN ALBERT HORNESpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
- WAYNE ALLEN HUTCHINSONLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.