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RONALD MICHAEL VIVONA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1946 – April 6, 1968
Service recordRonald Michael Vivona, of Suffolk, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 6, 1968, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Suffolk, New York
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Added to the Wall
- 2010
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 36
- GEORGE GAYRAL ADAMSSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- PAUL EDWIN ADAMSSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- JERRY LEE BOYLESSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- ROBERT JAY HESSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
From Suffolk
- FRANKLIN DENIS TINSLEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 1968
- HOWARD THOMAS LENHARDLance Corporal · October 5, 1969
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2010, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.