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PETER RUBEN BINGMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1940 – August 23, 1966
Service recordPeter Ruben Bingman, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 23, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 10, 1940
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1966; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 28
- RONALD LEON BOWMANPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JAMES RONALD BURDETTELance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- FREDERICK KENNETH DEAVERPrivate · August 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK KENNETH DEAVERPrivate · Panel 10E, Line 28
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.