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RONALD JAMES REDENIUS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 11, 1945 – October 5, 1968
Service recordRonald James Redenius, of Fulda, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 15
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Fulda, Minnesota (Murray County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 15
- DOUGLAS WAYNE DEVOEPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- WALTER SHERROD JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- LOYDE HAROLD SIMPSONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEE HOPKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 12
- ALEX LOUIS MITCHELLCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 12
- EDWARD OTTO WEIMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 41W, Line 16
- CHARLES WATSON WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 17
- DAVID WALTER WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 17
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.