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RONALD PAUL CHERRSTROM
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 16, 1946 – September 7, 1967
Service recordRonald Paul Cherrstrom, of Belmont, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Belmont, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 22
- DAVID ALLEN BRADSHAWSergeant · September 7, 1967
- ORRIN JOSEPH CASSATAPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAY ADAM ARCHULETTASergeant First Class · Panel 26E, Line 21
From Belmont
- LARS PEDER SUNDELLPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
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.