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RONALD MARION FILKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1946 – July 20, 1966
Service recordRonald Marion Filkins, of De Soto, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 46
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 12, 1946
- Home of record
- De Soto, Missouri (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 46
- CLIFFORD LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- EDWARD FRANK HAPFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
From De Soto
- JAMES GORMON GOETZLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD MERTELL JRSpecialist Four · September 16, 1967
- NORMAN OTTIS COPELANDCorporal · February 5, 1968
- PHILLIP RAY DOEBERTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- LESLIE MORGAN ALYHospitalman · September 17, 1969
- LONALD RAY COLEMANSergeant · February 8, 1971
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.