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RONALD LE ROY OSTENSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1948 – February 1, 1969
Service recordRonald Le Roy Ostenson, of Cicero, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Cicero, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 34
- LEE FRANCIS LINCHSpecialist Four · February 1, 1969
- MELVILLE BRICE ROSE IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1969
- GEORGE SANTIAGO SANCHEZCorporal · February 1, 1969
- FREDERICK SCHMITTSergeant First Class · February 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEE EBYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 31
- RUSSELL HAROLD ELLISCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 31
- MELVILLE BRICE ROSE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 34
- HENRY GERARD SCHULTECorporal · Panel 33W, Line 35
From Cicero
- GEORGE CARL BIGLEYSergeant First Class · January 3, 1965
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN KOSKYCorporal · December 20, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS MIKRUTPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- ALAN RICHARD MAYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CARAVETTAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOLAND JRPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- GEORGE ALBERT F DASHO JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- JAMES LEE FERRELLSpecialist Five · November 10, 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.