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RONALD GARY GRUMLING
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1945 – February 28, 1967
Service recordRonald Gary Grumling, of Glenolden, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 117
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Glenolden, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 117
- GILBERTO LUIS GUILLEN JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- CLIFFORD EDWARD HAKESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- LARRY CORNELIUS HARRISPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
From Glenolden
- HOWARD C MCCARTHY JRSecond Lieutenant · August 2, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · January 15, 1967
- WILLIAM F BAGGS JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- RONALD BOYSEN BAKERMajor · February 10, 1970
- FRANCIS JOSEPH MCCANN JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 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.