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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ronald George Neubauer.

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RONALD GEORGE NEUBAUER

Captain · U.S. Army

July 5, 1940 – February 14, 1970

Service record

Ronald George Neubauer, of Leisure City, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 13W · Line 11

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
July 5, 1940
Home of record
Leisure City, Florida (Dade County)

Casualty

Date of death
February 14, 1970
Age
29
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 13W, Line 11

Same unit, same day

From Leisure City

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.