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RONALD MCCRACKEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 4, 1946 – September 17, 1966
Service recordRonald McCracken, of Elmsford, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 109
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
- June 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Elmsford, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 109
- ALFRED MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLAY NATIONSSergeant · September 17, 1966
- ALAN JOSEPH OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GEORGE B PEARSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
From Elmsford
- ANTHONY CARLOS PINOCorporal · July 28, 1968
- NORMAN MACLEOD PAULSENFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1968
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.