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RONALD WAYNE MACKLIN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 3, 1938 – October 20, 1965
Service recordRonald Wayne Macklin, of Glendale, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- March 3, 1938
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 127
- JOSEPH DANIEL BAILEYSergeant First Class · October 20, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- OWEN THOMAS LAVERYPrivate First Class · October 20, 1965
- WESLEY MCDONIALSpecialist Five · October 20, 1965
From Glendale
- GARY NELS NELSONCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- LARRY LEONARD MAXAMCorporal · February 2, 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.