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RONALD ALPHONSE KREBSBACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1949 – May 28, 1970
Service recordRonald Alphonse Krebsbach, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 114
- JOHN ROBERT GMACKCorporal · May 28, 1970
- FRANCIS JOSEPH KELLERPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
- ARTURO LOPEZ JRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1970
- EDMUND MICHAEL LOUGHLINPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALAN BEDROCKCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 111
- ANANIAS BENTFORDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 112
- JOHN HOLT PARHAM IIISergeant · Panel 10W, Line 115
- ANDREW DAVID SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 119
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 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.