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RONALD WILLIAM PORTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1946 – March 28, 1967
Service recordRonald William Porter, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 64
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- January 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 64
- JOSEPH ROBERT ROBINSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1967
- GLENN WESLEY SHAFERCorporal · March 28, 1967
- DON LEE SHOCKLEYLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- HOWARD STANLEY STEVENSCorporal · March 28, 1967
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.