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RONALD FRANCIS LISCUM
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1950 – December 28, 1969
Service recordRonald Francis Liscum, of Homer, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 104
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
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- July 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Homer, New York (Cortland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 104
- DANIAL GUY HEIDERICHSpecialist Four · December 28, 1969
- WILLIAM PATRICK HIGGINSFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- CHARLES EVERETT MERRITTCorporal · December 28, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD PENCELance Corporal · December 28, 1969
From Homer
- CLIFFORD ROY OSTERHOUDTSpecialist Four · March 14, 1971
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.