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RONNIE LEE ECKENROAD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1949 – March 19, 1969
Service recordRonnie Lee Eckenroad, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 77
- KENNETH ROBERT EYRINGFirst Lieutenant · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD GILLIAMCorporal · March 19, 1969
- ANTHONY ALFRED GIRETTISecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1969
- JOHN MASON GOODWINPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
From Beaver Falls
- JOHN LEROY STRALEYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1964
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- DAVID CARL LOUTHANLance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD GOEDEKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICHLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS ROEDERSergeant · October 29, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM STRATHMANNCorporal · June 8, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT WORKMANPrivate First Class · June 30, 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.