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RONALD RICHARD BARCALOW
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1948 – July 20, 1967
Service recordRonald Richard Barcalow, of Reese, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 94
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Reese, Michigan (Tuscola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Other Weapons
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 94
- EVERETT EDWARD FOSTERLieutenant Colonel · July 20, 1967
- THOMAS GURLEYPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- RONALD B HAMBLINPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- MICHAEL J MENCHISE JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
From Reese
- JOHN PAUL FRANCISCorporal · June 3, 1967
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.
