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ROBERT E RINGENBERGER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1951 – October 27, 1970
Service recordRobert E Ringenberger, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 25
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- July 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 25
- BOBBY JAMES PARRISSpecialist Four · October 27, 1970
- ALEX DENNIS PYSZSpecialist Four · October 27, 1970
- JOSEPH DUANE CASLERSpecialist Four · October 28, 1970
- MONROE JASON CONLEYPrivate First Class · October 28, 1970
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
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.