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JEROME JOSEPH RINGENBERG
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 16, 1942 – January 27, 1967
Service recordJerome Joseph Ringenberg, of Littleton, Colorado, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 86
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- April 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Littleton, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 86
- JOHN CHARLES FAIDLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- SIDNEY WADE FLEMINGLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- SAMMIE HOWELLCorporal · January 27, 1967
- OTIS CECIL JONES JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
From Littleton
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL GILCHRISTMajor · October 7, 1966
- RODGER EDSON TERWILLIGERStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK MARTINPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM HECKSergeant · February 18, 1968
- RUSSELL LEWIS WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WORRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS BARRY MITCHELLMajor · May 22, 1968
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.