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RONNIE EDWARD CONNACHER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1945 – March 21, 1966
Service recordRonnie Edward Connacher, of Houston, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 30
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 30
- ALLAN LADD ELMOREPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- JOSEPH BARNETT FEARNOMajor · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS BERNARD FLOODLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY FRANKLINPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GEORGE CALLISLance Corporal · Panel 6E, Line 29
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.