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RONALD ROY HAMMERSTROM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 23, 1943 – December 7, 1967
Service recordRonald Roy Hammerstrom, of Harris, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 56
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Harris, Minnesota (Chisago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 56
- NORMAN PAUL WILLIAMSCorporal · December 6, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- EUGENE ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
- LEON ZUNIGA JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
From Harris
- CRAIG STEVEN METTLINGSpecialist Four · March 13, 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.