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RONALD PAUL SISSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1942 – December 16, 1965
Service recordRonald Paul Sisson, of Hulberton, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 19
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
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FORCE 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Hulberton, New York (Orleans County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 19
- JESSE FRANK MORGANSergeant · December 16, 1965
- GRAYSON JERALD WESTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABBOTTMajor · December 17, 1965
- ROBERT LLOYD ABERNATHYMajor · December 17, 1965
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.