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THOMAS ALAN RONALD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 19, 1948 – May 19, 1967
Service recordThomas Alan Ronald, of Tuscarawas, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 49
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
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Tuscarawas, Ohio (Tuscarawas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 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 20E, Line 49
- HENRY MICHAEL SARMENTOCorporal · May 19, 1967
- DONALD FRED SCHAFERSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE FRANCIS SCHERRERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- BURTON IRVING SHARPSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
From Tuscarawas
- JAMES THADDEUS CONWAYSpecialist Six · April 25, 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.