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RONALD LEE DAVIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1943 – August 24, 1965
Service recordRonald Lee Davis, of Dallas, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · 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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Plumbing And Water Supply Specialist (1121)
- Born
- November 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Dallas, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The record gives the date and branch of service but not the exact place.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 99
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- RAYMOND ELLISLieutenant · September 30, 1965
- JOHN J FLEMINGPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
From Dallas
- ROY NEIL BURRISLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- DONALD BLAIR PAYSOURCorporal · April 4, 1968
- SHERMAN ROBERT FIELDS JRCorporal · May 17, 1968
- JERRY LEROY ADDISStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE MEEKSSergeant · August 28, 1968
- RICKY DAVID MAUNEYSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
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.