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ROBERT LEWIS RINGLER JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1946 – December 17, 1966
Service recordRobert Lewis Ringler JR, of Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Brackenridge, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 55
- RAYMOND DENNIS OLZAKPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- ROQUE PERPETUA JRPlatoon Sergeant · December 17, 1966
- HARRY TURNER POLANDPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · December 17, 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.