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ROBERT FRANK RONGA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1948 – September 27, 1970
Service recordRobert Frank Ronga JR, of Everett, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Everett, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 97
- JOHN WILLIAM PARSELLSSergeant · September 27, 1970
- JEFFREY MERLE WHITESpecialist Four · September 27, 1970
- BLAKE EDWARD ASTONLance Corporal · September 28, 1970
- WESLEY WAYNE DAVISPrivate · September 28, 1970
From Everett
- JAMES VINCENT TAURISANOLance Corporal · January 20, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH MURPHY JRMajor · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DALEYCorporal · December 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FORDICorporal · May 8, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT PIZZANOPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
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.