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STEPHEN LYLE TRONERUD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 6, 1943 – January 7, 1969
Service recordStephen Lyle Tronerud, of Fosston, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 51
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Fosston, Minnesota (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; eight of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 51
- WAYNE HENRY FISCHERSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- CHARLES JOHN ROBINSONSergeant · January 7, 1969
- GLENN WAYNE ROMEROPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- DANNY RAY SCOTTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN WALLACE FORDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 47
From Fosston
- HAROLD LOWELL ALGAARDWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1971
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.