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RONALD WAYNE LEE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1947 – October 6, 1966
Service recordRonald Wayne Lee, of Benson, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 53
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Benson, North Carolina (Johnston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 53
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOHNSONCaptain · October 6, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN MOENPrivate First Class · October 6, 1966
- DAVID LLOYD GEORGE MOSERStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- RONALD EDWIN PFEIFERCaptain · October 6, 1966
From Benson
- HAROLD VERNON DAYRINGER JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- HENRY LORANZE MORGANSergeant · December 29, 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.