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RONALD LEE LONGANECKER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1947 – July 8, 1966
Service recordRonald Lee Longanecker, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 7
- JOHN WILLIAM HAMMSpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- G W WHITAKERPrivate · July 7, 1966
- LAWRENCE COLBURN HARRIGANPrivate First Class · July 8, 1966
- MILLARD WESLEY LEHMANAirman First Class · July 8, 1966
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.