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RONNIE CARL TESCHENDORF
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 18, 1949 – November 29, 1970
Service recordRonnie Carl Teschendorf, of Bloomington, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 29, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 96
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; 29 of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 96
- JAMES CECIL STARNESStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD STUBBLEFIELDSergeant · November 29, 1970
- HARRY ALLEN WATSONStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1970
- JAMES BRUCE YOUNGAirman First Class · November 29, 1970
From Bloomington
- GARY FRANCIS MCCUELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- PETER RAY WILLEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RONALD BARRY LANNINGPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN DAHLSpecialist Four · December 24, 1969
- DANIEL KENNETH WELINPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- MICHAEL MATTHEW SIKICHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
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.
