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RONALD ERNEST VANBARRIGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1949 – December 2, 1968
Service recordRonald Ernest Vanbarriger, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 26
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 46 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 26
- JOSEPH AUSTIN HADLEYSecond Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
- FRANCIS PATTON TRUANCESpecialist Four · December 2, 1968
- WILLIAM MATTHEW WEBBPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- VICTOR BARRY WEISSMANFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1968
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 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.