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RONALD LEE LAKE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1948 – July 6, 1967
Service recordRonald Lee Lake, of Lynwood, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 20
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
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 AMTRAC BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Lynwood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 1 AMTRAC BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 20
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- MELVIN ERNEST KUHLMANLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MALLOYStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNSLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
From Lynwood
- RICHARD ALBERT SCHMITZPrivate First Class · May 13, 1966
- RONALD LEE ENGLANDLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DUGGANPetty Officer Third Class · January 6, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS GATTICorporal · August 11, 1967
- PAUL LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT SAMUEL FERRULLAPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · January 9, 1968
- DONALD BYRON JONESLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- RANDALL STEVEN HILLSpecialist Four · July 13, 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.