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RONALD JAMES SCHARF
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 6, 1948 – July 27, 1969
Service recordRonald James Scharf, of Kenton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 61
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- October 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Kenton, Ohio (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 61
- WILLIAM EDWARD SHEENStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1969
- RALPH DORMAN STORMCorporal · July 27, 1969
- CLAUDE EDWARD TABORPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- CLINTON EUGENE TIBBETTSTechnical Sergeant · July 28, 1969
From Kenton
- RICHARD FRANKLYN LEASESpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE KRAMERSergeant · October 28, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE STRAHMPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- RICHARD LOUIS BASINGERCaptain · May 12, 1967
- ALBERT LEROY HORNERCorporal · December 27, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD HEALYSergeant · June 8, 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.