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RONALD LEE ALESHIRE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1943 – June 18, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Aleshire, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 16
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1943
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 16
- ROOSEVELT TOWNSENDCorporal · June 17, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS WEDGEWORTHCorporal · June 17, 1968
- MARVIN LEON WYATTSpecialist Four · June 17, 1968
- LEROY CLYDE GEYERSergeant First Class · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 22
- BOBBY RAY TRAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 29
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.