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RONALD RA VANREGENMORTER
Captain · U.S. Army
July 30, 1936 – January 12, 1967
Service recordRonald Ra Vanregenmorter, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 19
- BOBBY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- HECTOR M ALCOCER-MARTINEZSergeant · January 13, 1967
- RAYMOND ALBERT BIZZELLSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARRY DON FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 15
- THOMAS COLLINS SHEAStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 18
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- DONNY RAMON KIDDChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 4, 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.