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RONALD ARTHUR VANWAMBEKE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1949 – January 30, 1969
Service recordRonald Arthur Vanwambeke, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 23
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 23
- HOMER WESTPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM AMBROSE IIIPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- BOBBY DEAN ANTHONYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS ROBERSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 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.