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RONALD LEE POWERS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 20, 1947 – August 29, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Powers, of Fresno, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 62
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 27 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 46W, Line 62
- HAROLD CARL DAILEY IISecond Lieutenant · August 29, 1968
- MARSHALL W PHILLIPS JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- RICHARD LEE POWELLHospitalman · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE RANDALLPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 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.