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RONALD LEE DAVIDSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 14, 1943 – August 5, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Davidson, of Hudson, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 12
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- February 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Hudson, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 12
- GERALD DAVID BERGERCaptain · August 5, 1968
- STEVEN CARL BLOSSOMSergeant · August 5, 1968
- WILLIAM GLENN BREWERSergeant · August 5, 1968
- BRUCE NORMAN COLSONPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
From Hudson
- JOSEPH FRANK ROSATOCaptain · June 2, 1966
- JERRY EDWARD GORNEYFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1967
- JOHN DARLINGTON PEACE IIICommander · December 31, 1967
- ARMOUR DAVID WILCOX IIISergeant · December 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.