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RONALD JOHN BINKOWSKI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 25, 1949 – December 18, 1969
Service recordRonald John Binkowski, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Laboratory Specialist (92B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 69
- SAMUEL HARRY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
- RICHARD WELDON BOSWELL JRCorporal · December 18, 1969
- WILLIAM RANDALL CRANEFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1969
- PATRICK MAURICE DILLONStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT HASSELLCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 70
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
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.