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RONALD LARRY SMITH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1936 – February 23, 1969
Service recordRonald Larry Smith, of Hogansville, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 24
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ground Supply Operations Officer (Iii) (3010)
- Born
- March 2, 1936
- Home of record
- Hogansville, Georgia (Troup County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 24
- KENNETH ERWIN STEINHEBELCorporal · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS G STEVENSON JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- HENRY RONALD STROBOSergeant · February 23, 1969
- WALTER STURGEONSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
From Hogansville
- THOMAS STEWART CAMERONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- MARTIN DAVID HESTERCorporal · October 5, 1967
- ROBERT LEE COUSINCorporal · June 8, 1968
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.