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RONALD NORMAN JASINSKI
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
May 2, 1948 – January 30, 1971
Service recordRonald Norman Jasinski, of Roselle, Illinois, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 69
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Cargo Helicopter Pilot (100C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Roselle, Illinois (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1971; three of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 69
- ALLEN CHARLES ELLSpecialist Four · January 30, 1971
- RAFAEL GARCIAPAGANPrivate · January 30, 1971
- RONALD WAYNE HACKNEYSergeant · January 30, 1971
- PAUL EDGAR LEEPrivate First Class · January 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PAUL DUNCANCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 68
- ALLEN CHARLES ELLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 69
From Roselle
- RICHARD ROCCO MULLINLance Corporal · September 11, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL DAUGHERTYSpecialist Four · March 4, 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.