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RONALD JAY LOCKHART
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 16, 1950 – June 17, 1968
Service recordRonald Jay Lockhart, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 14
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 14
- LUIS GARCIA GONZALES JRCorporal · June 17, 1968
- RICHARD RAY MACHUTCorporal · June 17, 1968
- VERNELL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- JOSEPH WALTER RICHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.