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RONALD LEE BRASHEARS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1948 – June 5, 1969
Service recordRonald Lee Brashears, of Stanberry, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 70
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Stanberry, Missouri (Gentry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 70
- JOHN BOMAR BALITSARISFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL BELLAMYStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1969
- ROBERT BALLARD BROUGHTONPrivate · June 5, 1969
- ROBERT PRESTON RUTTLE JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 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.