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RONALD HAL DERENBURGER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 5, 1946 – January 18, 1968
Service recordRonald Hal Derenburger, of Miles City, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Miles City, Montana (Custer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 67
- TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- SAMUEL BRUCE JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE CONDONLieutenant Commander · January 18, 1968
- CARL RAYMOND DAVISPrivate First Class · January 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALBERT MORRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 70
- HAROLD DEAN SPRAGGSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 71
- THOMAS LEROY WHITEHEADSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 72
From Miles City
- TRACY HENRY MURREYFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT YARGERSergeant · March 23, 1969
- ALEXANDER DUANE NEIBAUERLance Corporal · April 14, 1969
- GEORGE ELI MATTOCKSLance Corporal · February 22, 1970
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.