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RONALD KAZUO ASADA
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 27, 1946 – January 10, 1969
Service recordRonald Kazuo Asada, of Mountain View, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 10, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Mountain View, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 63
- CARL THEODORE ALEXANDERCorporal · January 10, 1969
- MELFORD KEITH BLAKELYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- DONALD SUMINGUIT CARTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- JOHN CURTIS FITZWATERSergeant First Class · January 10, 1969
From Mountain View
- MELVIN LAWRENCE FRONTELLAPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- BRENT EDEN DAVISMajor · March 18, 1966
- RANDOLPH PAUL VEDROSPetty Officer Second Class · April 13, 1966
- MERVYN DONALD TEDDSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT KIRBY IIILance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD HANNIBALLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- RONALD KELLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE BACKMANCorporal · April 28, 1970
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.