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RONALD LEE BEUSTER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1942 – February 4, 1966
Service recordRonald Lee Beuster, of Lansing, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 136
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Cryptographic Systems Technician, Ima (6422)
- Born
- August 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Lansing, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 136
- RONALD PAUL ALMARAZPrivate · February 4, 1966
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
From Lansing
- RICHARD GLEN SCHROEDERPetty Officer Third Class · July 14, 1966
- CHARLES LEE KELLERSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- ALBERT C BROSEWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- DANNY JOSEPH CORRIGANCorporal · August 20, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN FEDEROWSKICorporal · May 24, 1968
- GENE LEWIS WHITESergeant · April 3, 1969
- ANDREW ROBERT SABOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- DONALD GENE DISSELKOENCorporal · June 5, 1969
- THEODORE ALLEN TROCKSpecialist Four · September 19, 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.