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RONALD NELSON WANBAUGH
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 19, 1946 – April 25, 1968
Service recordRonald Nelson Wanbaugh, of Torrance, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 12
- RONALD THOMAS STETTERSecond Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD TONGRETPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- RONALD JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY HANNACorporal · Panel 52E, Line 6
- WILLIAM RAUBERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 10
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.