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RONALD MARVIN COOLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 25, 1947 – May 20, 1967
Service recordRonald Marvin Cooley, of Goodland, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 56
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Goodland, Indiana (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 56
- GERALD LEON AYLORPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- FREDERICK ANDREW BUZAFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1967
- MARIO ONTIVERO DELEONSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- DAVID LEE FENNESSEYStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
From Goodland
- HOLLIS GARNELL MAPLECorporal · August 31, 1969
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.