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RONALD PATRICK MCNEILL
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1949 – August 4, 1970
Service recordRonald Patrick McNeill, of Mott, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 83
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Logistics Operations Clerk (0441)
- Born
- March 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Mott, North Dakota (Hettinger County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 83
- JESSE LEE MOSESSpecialist Four · August 4, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND POELieutenant Commander · August 4, 1970
- HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JRCorporal · August 4, 1970
- OVELL SPRUILLPrivate · August 4, 1970
From Mott
- GARRY DEAN KLEINPrivate First Class · May 27, 1967
- LOWELL GEORGE HARDMEYERSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
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.