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JOHN MICHAEL RENNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1949 – July 28, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Renner, of Mandan, North Dakota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 66
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Mandan, North Dakota (Morton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 66
- HOWARD WALLACE LAKEYCorporal · July 28, 1969
- BERNARD JULIAN MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- BRIAN GREGORY PARROTTPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- DUANE MICHAEL ROUSSEAUStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1969
From Mandan
- WILLIAM PAUL BACKERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- CARL STEPHEN BERGER JRSergeant · April 3, 1970
- RICHARD JOHN BOEHMSergeant · March 28, 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.