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JAMES ROBERT RINGEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1941 – May 14, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Ringel, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 16
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 16
- LARRY JOSEPH HARDYLance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- STEPHEN ROLLEY POWELLCorporal · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VESA JUHANI ALAKULPPICaptain · Panel 60E, Line 7
- ROBERT JOHN GROTHAUS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 11
- FRANCIS EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 12
- JAMES JOSEPH KLINESpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 13
- ROBERT DENNIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 15
- JAMES FRED TURNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 17
- WILLIAM HENRY ZEIGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 17
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.