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RONALD WAYNE BLEVINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1949 – June 14, 1968
Service recordRonald Wayne Blevins, of Damascus, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Damascus, Virginia (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 16
- DANNY WADE ALDAYHospitalman · June 14, 1968
- CHARLES SYLVESTER BERANEKFirst Lieutenant · June 14, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS CHRISTYSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT CLAYPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
From Damascus
- HAROLD J STURGILL JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- CARL HOWARD SEXTON JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
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.