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MARVIN LEE RINGOEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1949 – March 7, 1970
Service recordMarvin Lee Ringoen, of Glenville, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 94
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Glenville, Minnesota (Freeborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 94
- JAMES RAY MUTHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- THEODORE MATTATW ROPCHOCKSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- ANDREW WILLIAM SMITHSergeant · March 7, 1970
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MAX LIEBERMANCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 93
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.