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RONALD A VANSESSEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 4, 1943 – October 31, 1966
Service recordRonald A Vansessen, of Crown Point, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Crown Point, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 2
- TED T LOCKLARSergeant · October 31, 1966
- ELEFTHERIOS PANTEL PAPPASSpecialist Four · October 31, 1966
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN ILLIPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GREGORYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 1
From Crown Point
- ROBERT CARL BRIXPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT BLEVINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT PINTARLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLISergeant · April 30, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLEMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOE HOECKELBERGSpecialist Five · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
- DARYL ROBERT GROTHAUSSpecialist Five · July 2, 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.