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IVAN RICHARD ASPER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – February 15, 1971
Service recordIvan Richard Asper JR, of Mishawaka, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 104
- STEPHEN HENRY WARNERSpecialist Four · February 14, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT BROBSTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1971
- RICHARD NORMAN BRUSOSpecialist Six · February 15, 1971
- TORRES BENJAMIN BURGOSPrivate First Class · February 15, 1971
From Mishawaka
- RICHARD LEE NUZIARDSergeant · November 8, 1965
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY RIGGLECorporal · October 7, 1967
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- JAMES BARRY GARDPrivate · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
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.