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RONNIE GENE KLOMSTAD
Seaman · U.S. Navy
November 30, 1946 – May 24, 1969
Service recordRonnie Gene Klomstad, of Rochester, Minnesota, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 24, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 10
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 13 ASLT DIV 13
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Rochester, Minnesota (Olmsted County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 10
- DAVID ROY MANNSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- DENNIS RAY MEETZESpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- THOMAS ALLEN NEBELPrivate First Class · May 28, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH ORRPrivate First Class · May 28, 1969
- CHRIS MONROE PYLEPetty Officer Second Class · May 28, 1969
From Rochester
- DOUGLAS DEWEY WALLINPrivate First Class · August 26, 1967
- DAVID W MILDESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- PAUL JAMES ALLENCorporal · April 11, 1968
- PAUL WARREN PAINELieutenant Commander · May 7, 1968
- BYRL WILLIAM GAERTNERLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- DONNIE ADELBERT GEERDESLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- LOUIS JAMES SKANSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM WATSONPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · March 25, 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.