RANGERS 2 Rennolet, Richard Fredrick

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Rennolet ​

• FORENAME

Richard Fredrick ​

• UNIT

Company F,51st Infantry (LRP) ​

• RANK

Specialist Fourth Class ​

• NUMBER

17740240​

• DATE OF DEATH

14th April 1968 ​

• AGE

18 ​

• GRAVESITE

Riverside Memorial Park,Aberdeen,Brown County,South Dakota​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Aberdeen,South Dakota​

born 12.5.1949 Aberdeen,South Dakota​

son of Robert A. Rennolet,Omaha,Nebraska (1922-2012) (served in USAAF in WW2)​

son of Irene G. (nee Palmer) Rennolet,716 South State Street,Aberdeen,South Dakota​

single​

attended Warner Elementary School,Warner,South Dakota​

attended Simmons Elementary School,Aberdeen​

graduated Aberdeen Central High School 1965​

attended South Dakota State University,Brookings 1965-66​

entered service 13.5.1966​

Fort Leonard Wood,Missouri (basic training)​

Fort Ord,California (AIT)​

Fort Benning,Georgia (parachute training)​

173rd Airborne Brigade​

51st Infantry 1967-68​

award Bronze Star with V (posthumous)​

injured by accidental white phosphorous grenade explosion (non hostile) Bien Hoa Province,South Vietnam ​

died from burns later same day at a military hospital​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 50E Line 1 ​

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