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RONALD ANTHONY HESSMAN
Seaman · U.S. Navy
July 22, 1944 – October 30, 1967
Service recordRonald Anthony Hessman, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 30, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 100
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- July 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 100
- JAMES HARRELL BENNETT JRCaptain · October 30, 1967
- KENNETH GREGORY HANSONSergeant · October 30, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM KENTERSergeant · October 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE MULDROWStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.