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ERNEST JOSEPH HALVORSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 20, 1926 – October 24, 1964
Service recordErnest Joseph Halvorson, of Montclair, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 24, 1964, in Cambodia, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 20, 1926
- Home of record
- Montclair, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1964
- Age
- 38
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 68
- RALPH MITCHELLStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1964
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
From Montclair
- RONALD PAUL PETRICKCorporal · August 20, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE KINGLance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- JAMES RANDALL HOTTENROTHFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- LAVERN LEO SALZMANSergeant · October 25, 1967
- FRANK DAVID PINACaptain · March 1, 1968
- JOHNNIE LLOYD DANIELSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- TIMOTHY PATRICK WEAVERSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- AMEDEE GEORGE GRANELLE JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE KIPPSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- WILLIAM FREDERICK LEASECorporal · November 21, 1969
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.