Alfonso, Ronald Joseph, SP 4

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Specialist 4

Last Service Branch
Field Artillery

Last Primary MOS
13B10-Cannon Crewmember

Last MOS Group
Field Artillery (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1968-1969, 13B10, A Battery, 7th Howitzer Battalion, 13th Artillery

Service Years
1967 - 1969

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1948

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Casualty Info

Home Town New York, NY	Last Address New York, NY

Casualty Date Mar 14, 1969
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes	Reason Suicide
Location Khanh Hoa (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Long Island National Cemetery - Farmingdale, New York	Wall/Plot Coordinates 29W 034 / Section O Site 33122

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1969, Vietnam Veterans Memorial [Verified] - Assoc. Page
	2018, The National Gold Star Family Registry

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New York Conspicuous...

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Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VI Campaign (1968-69)
From Month/Year November / 1968	To Month/Year February / 1969
Description This campaign was from 2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969. In November 1968 the South Vietnam government with American support began a concentrated effort to expand security in the countryside. This project was known as the "Accelerated Pacification Campaign." This period covers the election of President Richard M. Nixon and a change of policy brought about by his administration after January 1969 when he announced a coming end to US combat in Southeast Asia and a simultaneous strengthening of South Vietnam's ability to defend itself. Formal truce negotiations began in Paris on January 25, 1969. The period can be characterized as marking time in preparation for an about face. Forty-seven ground combat operations were recorded during this period, the following being the most important: (1). Operation NAPOLEON in the Dong Ha area initiated previously (1967) by Marine units, terminated on 9 December 1968. (2). Operation WHEELER WALLOWA by 3d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and 196th Infantry Brigade (Light) in north-central Quan Tin Province. This ended on 11 November. (3). Operation MACARTHUR initiated by 4th U.S. Infantry Division in II Corps tactical zone terminated on 31 January 1969. (4). Operation COCHISE GREEN conducted by the 173d Airborne Brigade in Binh Dinh Province. (5). Operation TOAN THANG II consisted of ground operations throughout III CTZ. This was a multi-division operation involving allied forces. (6). Operation SEA LORDS was a coast and riverine operation. On 6 December Operation GIANT SLINGSHOT was started to disrupt enemy infiltration of materials from the "Parrot's Beak" area of Cambodia. Air operations continued to be important with over 60,000 sorties flown.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year November / 1968	To Month/Year February / 1969

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

Personal Memories

Units Participated in Operation
1st Cavalry Division
29th Civil Affairs Company, I Corps
1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment
630th Military Police Company
18th Military Police Brigade
16th Military Police Group
545th Military Police Company
300th Military Police Company
212th Military Police Company
66th Military Police Company
272nd Military Police Company
716th Military Police Battalion
23rd Military Police Company
504th Military Police Battalion
218th Military Police Company
22nd Military Police Battalion (CID), US Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC)
194th Military Police Company
1st Military Police Company, 1st Infantry Division
615th Military Police Company
720th Military Police Battalion
95th Military Police Battalion
127th Military Police Company
154th Transportation Company
552nd Military Police Company
23rd Military Police Company, 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne)
4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery
557th Military Police Company
101st Military Police Company
981st Military Police Company
93rd Military Police Battalion