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RONALD JOSEPH PHELPS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 13, 1947 – November 14, 1967
Service recordRonald Joseph Phelps, of Menominee, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 97
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
- Born
- January 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Menominee, Michigan (Menominee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 97
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- LARUS WAYNE ROLANDWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES RUBINSMajor · November 14, 1967
From Menominee
- WAYNE DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- WILLIAM RICHARD ALFREDSONSergeant · April 15, 1970
- WAYNE RICHARD BEBOSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- JON WILLIAM RICHSergeant · May 21, 1970
- WILLIAM BENEDICT NOLDEColonel · January 27, 1973
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.