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CURTIS EDWARD RINGHOFER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1945 – May 13, 1970
Service recordCurtis Edward Ringhofer, of Owatonna, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Owatonna, Minnesota (Steele County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 36
- RICHARD ALAN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
- PAUL LAJADA RAMOS JRSergeant · May 13, 1970
- FREDRICK WAYNE SHEFFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
- VAN THOMAS WRAYSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JOSEPH SOUZACorporal · Panel 10W, Line 37
From Owatonna
- WALTER OTHO TRAMELStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT KELMPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SEYKORASergeant · April 27, 1968
- SYDNEY WILLIAM KLEMMERSergeant · May 6, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS SCHROMPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
- LEE HAMILTON HARRASpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- JOHN GEORGE WIDENSergeant · May 6, 1970
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.