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RONALD LEON DELVERDE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 27, 1946 – September 25, 1968
Service recordRonald Leon Delverde, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 10
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 10
- JAMES BRUCE COLLINSCorporal · September 25, 1968
- LARRY GENE DROWNPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM EASTONFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1968
- ERNEST LEROY ROWESergeant · September 25, 1968
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.