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RONALD LEE BECKETT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 25, 1944 – April 27, 1967
Service recordRonald Lee Beckett, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 99
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
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Lincoln Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 99
- EDWARD SCOTT TOWEPlatoon Sergeant · April 26, 1967
- BRUCE REGINALD WILLIAMSMajor · April 26, 1967
- JOE WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
From Lincoln Park
- GERALD ANTHONY KOSAKOWSKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM POWERSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- ELI WAYNE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- GARY WAYNE KLINELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- VAUGHN THOMAS ONEILPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- JOHN FOLDVARY JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- MERL RUSSELL MEADOWSSpecialist Four · May 25, 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.