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RONALD ALLEN SEHESTED
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 13, 1948 – April 7, 1969
Service recordRonald Allen Sehested, of Marlow, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 34
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Marlow, Oklahoma (Stephens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 34
- ROBERT WILLIAM SNYDERPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DOUGLAS S SOUTHER JRSpecialist Four · April 7, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR STAPLESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR BISHOPSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 29
- ANTHONY JOHN FANFASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 30
- CHARLES LEE HATHORN JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 31
- STANLEY EUGENE MCCREARYPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 32
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 34
- DARRELL EDWARD WALDENSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 35
From Marlow
- JIMMIE WAYNE BOGGSSpecialist Four · September 10, 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.