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RICHARD G SONNEBERGER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1950 – July 3, 1969
Service recordRichard G Sonneberger, of Carrollton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 57
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
- September 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Carrollton, Ohio (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 57
- TAKESHI SATOPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- BILL HENRY TERRY JRCorporal · July 3, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES WHITEHOUSESpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
- AMOS LEVERN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
From Carrollton
- DENNIS RICHARD KNOCHSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
- LOUIS DALE PALLAYELance Corporal · December 4, 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.