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RONNIE SHINYA MARSHALL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1949 – September 6, 1971
Service recordRonnie Shinya Marshall, of Zanesville, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 11
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Zanesville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 11
- THOMAS EDWARD SWEINSBERGERSpecialist Four · September 4, 1971
- ALAN ROLF HINZPETERSpecialist Four · September 6, 1971
- BRUCE ALTON CANNONCaptain · September 7, 1971
- JIMMIE DAVID HINTONSpecialist Five · September 7, 1971
From Zanesville
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RICKY LEE HULLWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1968
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · June 21, 1968
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- JOHN EUGENE WICKHAMSergeant · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH GILDOWPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH DAVISPetty Officer Second Class · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 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.