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RONALD LEE BIEGERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1948 – March 15, 1970
Service recordRonald Lee Biegert, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 129
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 129
- JOHN JAMES ILLINGWORTHCorporal · March 14, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD RUSSCorporal · March 14, 1970
- LANE WAYNE WISEMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1970
- LORING M BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- TIMOTHY ZANE BORDENCorporal · March 15, 1970
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.