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RONNIE LEON MCCORMICK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1949 – February 10, 1970
Service recordRonnie Leon McCormick, of Middleton, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 122
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
- November 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Middleton, Tennessee (Hardeman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 122
- GEORGE RUSSELL MATTHEWSLieutenant Commander · February 10, 1970
- JOHN MAYNARDSpecialist Four · February 10, 1970
- MICHAEL MERENOSpecialist Four · February 10, 1970
- RAYMOND GENE MILESSpecialist Five · February 10, 1970
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.