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RONALD VINCENT HARBERT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 4, 1948 – June 29, 1968
Service recordRonald Vincent Harbert, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 16
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- March 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Shawnee, Oklahoma (Pottawatomie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 16
- RONALD GENE CATTERSONSergeant · June 29, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY GEROCorporal · June 29, 1968
- RONALD LEWIS GRIFFINCorporal · June 29, 1968
- ALFREDO GUZZOCorporal · June 29, 1968
From Shawnee
- WAYNE WARREN HUMPHRIESSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT LAWRENCEFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- PETER EARL POWELLSpecialist Five · April 11, 1968
- MELFORD KEITH BLAKELYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- ROY EUGENE LYNNPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- MILFORD EUDENE COBBStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1969
- DONALD LYNN WANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 1, 1971
- GARY BRUCE FARRISFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1972
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.