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RONALD LEE SHARAR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1947 – May 20, 1967
Service recordRonald Lee Sharar, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 68
- CARL DELANE NAGENGASTSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- LUIS ERNESTO SEGARRA JRLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- HOMER LEROY SMITHCaptain · May 20, 1967
- LONNIE LEO SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.