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RONALD WALTER RINGWALL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 18, 1940 – May 19, 1966
Service recordRonald Walter Ringwall, of Millburn, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Millburn, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 115
- LARRY KEITH DEALPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- PETER PAUL DOMIANOSecond Lieutenant · July 1, 1966
- HAROLD DOUGLAS GIBBSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- PAUL MICHAEL LONGSpecialist Four · July 1, 1966
- GARY NOBUO MIYAKEStaff Sergeant · July 1, 1966
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.