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RONALD WALSH MCLEAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 19, 1944 – June 8, 1969
Service recordRonald Walsh McLean, of Beverly Hills, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 113
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Beverly Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 113
- GEORGE FRANCIS MARTINEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1969
- DAVID LEROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- HERMAN RAY MORRISPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- ALBERT DANNY OWENSWarrant Officer 1 · June 8, 1969
From Beverly Hills
- DANIEL JOSEPH BENNETTPetty Officer Third Class · July 17, 1965
- ROBERT SCHUYLER VANDUYNEFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1966
- LAURENCE ALAN INSELSergeant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD MARC LUBINHospitalman · January 26, 1969
- ANTHONY GORDON HARBORDFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 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.