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RONALD LEE MCCORMICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 29, 1949 – February 27, 1970
Service recordRonald Lee McCormick, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1970, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Clarksburg, West Virginia (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1970; six of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 62
- FREDDIE CARVIAL DEFOORPrivate First Class · February 27, 1970
- CHARLES WILLIE DOKESPrivate First Class · February 27, 1970
- DONALD HALLSpecialist Four · February 27, 1970
- JAMES BENEDICT HEARDCorporal · February 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD STEPHEN BOVIOCaptain · Panel 13W, Line 61
- RICHARD JOHN CONNELLYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 13W, Line 61
- MARK SCOTT MILESSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 64
- JAMES TAYLOR PACEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 64
- DANIEL VAUGHAN PROCTORSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 64
- RONALD WADE STAFFORDSpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 65
- GARY LEE SWARTZSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 65
From Clarksburg
- WAYNE HUFFMAN KIDDCaptain · December 11, 1964
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- WALTER GRANT KNIGHTSpecialist Five · December 4, 1966
- RONALD HARVEY DYEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- CARL EDWARD GOLDSMITH JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1969
- HOWARD THADDEUS HAUGHT JRSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- LARRY R TENDAPrivate First Class ·
- CLIFFORD MARKWOOD CORKPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- BROOKS EDWARD SABLECorporal · June 3, 1969
- RICHARD JACKSON SWIGERStaff Sergeant · September 7, 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.