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RONNIE RAY LANDERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 10, 1946 – May 9, 1967
Service recordRonnie Ray Landers, of Mundelein, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 73
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Mundelein, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 73
- KENNETH JOHN LECASTRECorporal · May 9, 1967
- EDDIE MORRIS MANNPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GREGORY MADISON MCCOOKSergeant · May 9, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD NILESCorporal · May 9, 1967
From Mundelein
- ERNEST WILLIAM STREHLECorporal · June 25, 1966
- ROGER WILLIAM LETTOPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JACK PAHL JONESLance Corporal · July 5, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES JENSENPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- EDWARD BARTHOLOMEW LAMASergeant · March 31, 1969
- JAMES AUSTIN BATEMANSergeant · May 16, 1969
- GEORGE ANTON HAINSpecialist Four · October 22, 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.