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RONALD HOWARD BINGMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1941 – September 4, 1968
Service recordRonald Howard Bingman, of Albany, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Concrete And Asphalt Equipment Operator (62H)
- Born
- March 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Albany, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 35
- MICHAEL DONVIAN WILSONPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
- THOMAS ALAN ACKERMANSergeant · September 4, 1968
- FERDINAND ORA BARGER JRLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1968
- ROGER DALE BELLCorporal · September 4, 1968
From Albany
- EDILBERTO DULA MACAGBAPetty Officer Third Class · March 13, 1968
- RAYMOND VERNON NORAPrivate · May 18, 1968
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.