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RONALD JEROME HENRY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1946 – April 27, 1967
Service recordRonald Jerome Henry, of Pomona, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 98
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- February 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Pomona, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 98
- DAVID ERIC SCHELVANSergeant · April 26, 1967
- RICKEY DALE SOUTHERNCorporal · April 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JEFF STEPHENSAirman First Class · April 26, 1967
- NATHANIEL H STEPHENS JRLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
From Pomona
- RICHARD CHRISTIAN SATHERLieutenant (junior grade) · August 5, 1964
- JOHN WESLEY COBBPrivate First Class · February 8, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- DOUGLAS EARL MURRAYSergeant · November 5, 1966
- DONALD HENRY ASIREColonel · December 8, 1966
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FORTNERLieutenant Commander · October 17, 1967
- MARVIN HALL TERRYPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- THOMAS ANTHONY ECKLSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- RICHARD ROSS TOLETTESecond Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
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.