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RICHARD ANDREW RENNING
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
November 27, 1929 – January 12, 1969
Service recordRichard Andrew Renning, of Glen Ellen, California, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- November 27, 1929
- Home of record
- Glen Ellen, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 78
- WILBERT OWENSPrivate · January 12, 1969
- MELVIN L REED JRSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- CALVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- ARCHIE DEE ROGERSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
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.