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RONALD LEE CHISHOLM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1945 – May 11, 1967
Service recordRonald Lee Chisholm, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 11, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 89
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
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 89
- PERCY EARL WATSONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- ROY LEE BRANHAMPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.