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RONALD OLIN MCCLUNG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1948 – September 24, 1967
Service recordRonald Olin McClung, of Elizabeth, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 5
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, West Virginia (Wirt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 5
- WILLIAM DAVID CASSSergeant · September 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE BERNARD CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- ONEAL DUNMORESpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
From Elizabeth
- ARTHUR RONALD STRAHINStaff Sergeant · April 29, 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.