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RONALD FRANCIS LAKE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 19, 1946 – April 4, 1967
Service recordRonald Francis Lake, of Fall River, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 4, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 99
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
- August 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Fall River, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 99
- CHARLEY CHESTER KIBELPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- SIDNEY GEORGE KREISHERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- JAMES KAHILILAUIN LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1967
- DAVID EARL MARTINEnsign · April 4, 1967
From Fall River
- DONALD CHARLES JOHANSENFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1963
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- DONALD GAGNELance Corporal · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- ALFRED JOHN GASPARCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT WILLARD SANTOSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN MEDEIROSLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JOSEPH VIEIRASpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH RAGOCorporal · March 9, 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.