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RONALD JOSEPH PUSKARCIK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1949 – July 18, 1968
Service recordRonald Joseph Puskarcik, of Campbell, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 7
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Campbell, Ohio (Mahoning County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 7
- ANTHONY FRANCIS MCNELLISMaster Sergeant · July 18, 1968
- RONNIE GENE MOORESpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- WILLARD THOMAS REDMONDStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
- RONALD CARL ROSSStaff Sergeant · July 18, 1968
From Campbell
- JOHN ONOFRE OQUENDO JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- RAYMOND GEORGE POTTERCorporal · September 10, 1967
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.