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RONALD JON HASKO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1947 – March 27, 1968
Service recordRonald Jon Hasko, of Wausau, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 46
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Wausau, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín 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 Tín 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 46E, Line 46
- FRANKLIN N GILES JRSecond Lieutenant · March 27, 1968
- LOUIS WILLIAM HAMILFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1968
- JAMES CURTIS HAUGHStaff Sergeant · March 27, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH HENSONSergeant · March 27, 1968
From Wausau
- KENNETH DAVID ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1967
- JAMES MYRON RINGLEPrivate · March 31, 1967
- WAYNE DALE KRUEGERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD D BARTHOLOMEW JRSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- GARY RAYMOND MIRACLELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID LEE TESSMERCorporal · May 27, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KRZMARCIKPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- DALE ALLEN SCHEPPLance Corporal · December 9, 1969
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.