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RONALD CHRIS BRESHEARS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 28, 1944 – December 28, 1967
Service recordRonald Chris Breshears, of Martinez, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 85
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Martinez, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 85
- RICHARD W BROOKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1967
- RICHARD LEE CARLSONCorporal · December 28, 1967
- CARL EUGENE CHAMBERLAINLance Corporal · December 28, 1967
- JOHN GEYER CORRSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EVAN ANTILLPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 84
- DANIEL LEE HAVENSSpecialist Five · Panel 32E, Line 86
- ROLLIN EUGENE GOLIGHTLYPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 87
- JERRY JACKSON MCDANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 88
From Martinez
- DENNIS J TULLERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- HARRISON LEROY HALEYCaptain · May 26, 1968
- CRAIG STEVEN PETTITHospitalman · May 31, 1968
- JAMES KEITH KNUTSONSpecialist Four · August 15, 1968
- JERRY CLAYTON ROBBINSStaff Sergeant · March 7, 1969
- MICHAEL RAYMOND COLLINSLieutenant · March 4, 1971
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.