In REMEMBRANCE Of

NAVY PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS RONALD LEE SHAVER

DOB : 17 MAY 1946 .HOMETOWN : BELLEVUE , OHIO

HM3 RONALD L SHAVER BEGAN HIS TOUR OF DUTY IN VIETNAM ON 10 APRIL 1968 AS A MARRIED , 22 YEAR OLD SAILOR WITH A SMALL DAUGHTER AND ASSIGNED AS HOSPITAL CORPSMAN TO H&S COMPANY , 2ND BATTALION , 4TH MARINE REGIMENT , 3RD MARINE DIVISION , III MARINE AMPHIBIOUS FORCE .

ON 19 JUNE 1968 , OPERATION CHARLIE BEGAN AT KHE SANH AND WAS THE FINAL EVACUATION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE KHE SANH COMBAT BASE . THE MARINES WITHDREW ALL THE SALVAGABLE GOODS AND DESTROYED EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE BASE . THE NVA CONTINUED SHELLING THE MARINES ON THE BASE WITH ARTILLERY AND 82MM MORTARS FIRE . HMS RONALD L SHAVER WAS A GROUND CASUALTY ON THE KHE SANH BASE WHO FELL TO MORTAR FIRE AND DIED OUTRIGHT FROM MULTIPLE FRAGMENT WOUNDS IN THE QUANG TRI PROVINCE , SOUTH VIETNAM . HM3 SHAVER’S BODY WAS RECOVERED .

PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS RONALD LEE SHAVER IS BURIED IN THE GREEN LAWN MEMORY GARDENS AY CLYDE , OHIO .

PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS RONALD LEE SHAVER IS HONORED ON THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL ON PANEL 55W — LINE 20 .