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RONALD FREEMAN CORNS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1941 – August 17, 1967
Service recordRonald Freeman Corns, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 17, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 5
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- August 16, 1941
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 5
- DAVID MICHAEL CALABRIALance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- STEVE DANIEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- LOUIS ANTONIO COBARRUBIOPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.