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RONNIE LEE CLAYBURN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 1, 1947 – June 7, 1969
Service recordRonnie Lee Clayburn, of Franklin, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 97
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)
- M CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Franklin, Kentucky (Simpson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 97
- WAYNE R BURRAGESergeant · June 7, 1969
- MICHAEL PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- SAMUEL CHAMPION COPELANDPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- ALF EDWARD ERIKSENPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
From Franklin
- EARL WAYNE FRYEPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- GERALD WAYNE MAYBERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1968
- PAUL DOUGLAS ATONPrivate First Class · July 29, 1968
- WILLARD EARL SPIVEYCorporal · December 17, 1969
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.