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RONALD NEIL SAMPLE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1949 – January 30, 1969
Service recordRonald Neil Sample, of Bradley, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 20
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- January 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Bradley, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 20
- LEE HAMILTON HARRASpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- GARY NEAL ISAACSPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- WILBERT DWAYNE KANOSHCorporal · January 30, 1969
- HARPER BROWN KEELERMajor · January 30, 1969
From Bradley
- JOHN CHARLES HOWLANDSergeant · February 9, 1967
- KENNETH CARL JOHNSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- DANIEL LEE OVERRIGHTPetty Officer Third Class · February 27, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL RATTINStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES HOUSMANSpecialist Four · December 18, 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.