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RONALD BRYNIEL JONSSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – March 4, 1968
Service recordRonald Bryniel Jonsson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 67
- CHARLES TIMOTHY JOHNSONLance Corporal · March 4, 1968
- RICHARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · March 4, 1968
- DONNY RAMON KIDDChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 4, 1968
- ROBERT W KOIVUPALO JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ERNEST ALLENSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 60
- JAMES RICHARD DAVIDSONSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 62
- DAVID PETER GOLDSMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 64
- RAMON SANCHEZ HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 65
- EDWARD MARTIN LENTZStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 68
- ROBERT EDWIN POESpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 70
- JOSE ENRIQUE TORRESSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 1
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.