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RONALD JOSEPH BATES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1949 – July 31, 1969
Service recordRonald Joseph Bates, of Gloucester City, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 31, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 79
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- November 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Gloucester City, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 79
- RICHARD LEE WINDSHEIMERCorporal · July 30, 1969
- JOHN KEMPE WINSLOWSergeant · July 30, 1969
- MICHAEL PAUL BURNSSergeant First Class · July 31, 1969
- CONN KAY CLARKSergeant · July 31, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN DWYERCorporal · July 31, 1969
From Gloucester City
- WAYNE ALBERT COLANTUONOSpecialist Four · October 20, 1967
- PAUL JAMES FLAHERTYPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- MICHAEL ARTHUR WALTERSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
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.