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RONALD JOSEPH IMPERIALE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1946 – March 16, 1967
Service recordRonald Joseph Imperiale, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 92
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 92
- GEORGE DENNIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL KING JRSecond Lieutenant · March 16, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD KIRNSergeant · March 16, 1967
- LLOYD NELSON KURTZPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.