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RONNIE JOE HERRINGTON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1943 – January 19, 1966
Service recordRonnie Joe Herrington, of Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 79
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 79
- DENNIS EDWARD HIGGINSSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- LEANDREW SPENCER JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1966
- CLAUDE WILLIAM THARPSergeant · January 19, 1966
From Monroe
- HOSEA DENNIS ADAMSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- JAMES ODAS MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- PETER LITTLELance Corporal · November 16, 1966
- TROY BEALINAirman First Class · November 26, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- BOBBY GAYLE STANFORDPrivate · May 12, 1967
- HARRIS VONZELL DAVISSpecialist Four · June 7, 1967
- DONALD JACK CROCKERMajor · July 15, 1967
- LESSELL DUNN JRSpecialist Four · October 1, 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.