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RONALD LEE SPENCE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1949 – November 28, 1969
Service recordRonald Lee Spence, of Belpre, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 2
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Belpre, Ohio (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 2
- DELVIN CARL MARTINSONCorporal · November 28, 1969
- NATHANIEL SCOTTPrivate First Class · November 28, 1969
- JOHNNY LEON YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 28, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BABYAKChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 29, 1969
From Belpre
- GARY DOUGLAS TACKETTFireman · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS WARREN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- MEREDITH LEE BARNETTSergeant · November 6, 1970
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.