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RONALD O MARQUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1946 – January 2, 1968
Service recordRonald O Marquez, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 20
- FREDERICK LEE MANLYCorporal · January 2, 1968
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- JACK WAYNE MILLERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JAMES WALTER MILLERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALAN LEE BLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 16
- FURMAN LEE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 18
- HANS KLETINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 19
- FLOYD PETER SKAGGSCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 23
- ROBERT L WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 24
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.