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RONALD KEITH ASH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1946 – October 8, 1965
Service recordRonald Keith Ash, of Laurelville, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 111
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Laurelville, Ohio (Hocking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 111
- ROGER LEROY HUBBARDSpecialist Four · October 6, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- BILLIE MAC CASTLEBERRYStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1965
- MICHAEL GEORGE BRANCATOPrivate First Class · October 8, 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.