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RONALD HENRY ESSLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 26, 1945 – November 23, 1967
Service recordRonald Henry Essler, of Brooten, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Brooten, Minnesota (Stearns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 69
- WILLIAM LLOYD CATESMaster Sergeant · November 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CLOUD JRSergeant · November 23, 1967
- WILLIAM WINSTON COLESergeant First Class · November 23, 1967
- CALVIN LEON COOKSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH STANLEY ADAMSCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 68
- PHILIP FRANCIS ADAMSCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 68
- JOSEPH CLOUD JRSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 69
- CALVIN LEON COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 69
- CALVIN MORRIS STRONGSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 74
- ROBERT DOUGLAS WADDELLPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 74
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.