Ronald Frederick Yale Obituary

Ronald Frederick Yale attended Cuyahoga Falls High School in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Ronald Frederick Yale.

Graduation Year	Class of 1964
Date of Passing	Mar 24, 1971
About	First Lieutenant, VMO-2, MAG-16, 1ST MAW United States Marine Corps 22 February 1946 - 24 March 1971 Vietnam Memorial Wall Panel 04W Line 074 In March 1971 Marine Observation Squadron TWO (VMO-2) was withdrawn from Vietnam. The squadron was to fly its aircraft from Danang to Cupi Point Naval Air Station in the Philippines, where they would be loaded aboard ship for carriage to the United States. "Ron was lost during retrograde of OV-10A aircraft over the South China Sea, not over North Vietnam. We were enroute to NAS Cubi Point in the Philippines. Fuel leaked from the drop tank during transfer. He shut down one engine on the presumption that he could extend the range of the airplane by doing so. It was later determined that he did not have enough fuel to get to Cubi or any other landfall, so he ejected near a Navy ship in the area and drowned before the ship's launch could get to him." - David Hallin, Flight Leader during retrograde, VMO-2