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RONALD EUGENE HESSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 17, 1945 – November 3, 1966
Service recordRonald Eugene Hesson, of Glenwood, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Glenwood, West Virginia (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 14
- FREDERICK HOWARD HENDERSONCaptain · November 3, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- JAMES MARION KLINKSpecialist Four · November 3, 1966
- THOMAS ALOYSIUS LAWLESSSpecialist Four · November 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L FOWBLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 13
- JOEL FULLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 13
- JOHN ROBERT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 14
- JAMES MARION KLINKSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 14
- THOMAS ALOYSIUS LAWLESSSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 14
- DALE ALLEN PERKINSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 15
- DONALD THOMAS CASSIDYStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 16
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.