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RONALD FAIR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 26, 1938 – January 18, 1968
Service recordRonald Fair, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 18, 1968, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 26, 1938
- Home of record
- New Castle, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 68
- JOE REINI DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- NORMAN ELLSWORTH FINE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
- KERRY RICHARD FOST GEDDESCorporal · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH HOARE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 18, 1968
From New Castle
- GEORGE EDWARD THREATSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- AUGUSTINE DANIEL RUSSOSergeant · October 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- FRANCIS CRAIG CLEAVERPrivate · May 29, 1967
- VAUGHN LEROY DEXTERLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SCADUTOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- DALTON TRURO GOFFSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- CRAIG NOLAN MAYLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- THOMAS PETER RUSSOPlatoon Sergeant · March 3, 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.