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RONALD HARVEY DYE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 12, 1944 – August 2, 1968
Service recordRonald Harvey Dye, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Clarksburg, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 49
- WILLIAM CHARLES CUESergeant · August 2, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH DAVISSpecialist Four · August 2, 1968
- CHARLES HILTON DELLINGERSeaman · August 2, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES DEMARR JRPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
From Clarksburg
- WAYNE HUFFMAN KIDDCaptain · December 11, 1964
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- WALTER GRANT KNIGHTSpecialist Five · December 4, 1966
- CARL EDWARD GOLDSMITH JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1969
- HOWARD THADDEUS HAUGHT JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- LARRY R TENDAPrivate First Class ·
- CLIFFORD MARKWOOD CORKPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · June 3, 1969
- RICHARD JACKSON SWIGERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1969
- RONALD LEE MCCORMICKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
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.