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RONALD J VANDENBERG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1947 – March 3, 1969
Service recordRonald J Vandenberg, of Wyoming, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 34
- GLENN ALAN TOMPKINSCorporal · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM OWEN WALTERSSergeant · March 3, 1969
- OLIVER KENNETH WEBBPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- GEORGE PRESTON WHITEPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAUL ALVARADO JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 18
- DEAN WARD MOEHRINGSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 27
- CALVIN EDMUNDSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 28
- DUANE CARL PAEPKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 28
- LESTER RAY STONE JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 33
- RONALD CHARLES THIEXSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 33
- OLIVER KENNETH WEBBPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 34
From Wyoming
- ROBIN LEE CHILVEREPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WESSELSAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- MICHAEL J SEADORFSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- ROBERT FRANKLIN NITZPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- FREDERICK LYLE KRUGERLance Corporal · March 19, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT PECKHAMLance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- MARK KELLOGG HAGECorporal · August 5, 1968
- BRUCE CAMERON PALMERWarrant Officer 1 · August 27, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HOOGTERPPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- LARRY ALLEN BODELLWarrant Officer 1 · February 19, 1969
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.