Ringate, Wayne, HM1

Hospital Corpsman

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Current Service Status
USN Retired

Current/Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class

Current/Last Primary NEC
HM-8478-Advanced Biomedical Equipment Technician

Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Hospital Corpsman

Primary Unit
1986-1988, HM-8478, Naval Medical Clinic (NMC) Norfolk, VA

Previously Held NEC
GMG-0000-Gunner's Mate Guns
GM-0000-Gunner's Mate
HM-0000-Hospital Corpsman
HM-8479-Basic Biomedical Equipment System Technician

Service Years
1967 - 1988

HM-Hospital Corpsman

Five Hash Marks

Official Badges

Career Counselor

Gun Captain (pre-1969)

US Navy Retired 20

US Navy Honorable Discharge

Unofficial Badges

Order of the Shellback

Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

American Legion

Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)

Veterans of the Vietnam War

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

Mobile Riverine Force Association

Chapter 1


	1993, American Legion - Assoc. Page
	2003, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) - Assoc. Page
	2003, Veterans of the Vietnam War - Assoc. Page
	2004, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) - Assoc. Page
	2005, Mobile Riverine Force Association
	2009, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 1 (Member) (Ft Snelling, Minnesota) - Chap. Page

Additional Information

Other Comments:

Order of the Silver Rose

Remembrance Profiles - 6 Sailors Remembered

Diamond, Danny, SN	Franklin, James, CPO
Hood, James, PO2, (1966-1970)	Hunter, Larry, PO3
Metke, Robert, CPO	Ryan, Robert, PO3, (1967-1971)

Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (68)
From Month/Year January / 1968	To Month/Year April / 1968
Description Not Specified

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year January / 1968	To Month/Year April / 1968

Last Updated: Dec 22, 2023

Personal Memories

Units Participated in Operation
LCU-1500, Assault Craft Unit 1 (ACU-1)
USS Mauna Kea (AE-22)

My Photos From This Battle or Operation

No Available Photos

1298 Also There at This Battle:

Abler, Ron, CDR, (1967-1987)

Abrams, John Leon, LT, (1962-1968)

Acrea, Roy, PO2, (1966-1970)

Adamo, Richard Charles, SN, (1967-1968)

Adams, Edward Cody, PO3, (1966-1968)

Addice, Frank Paul, HN, (1967-1968)

Adkins, Terry, PO3, (1967-1976)

Afflerbach, Ronald, SCPO, (1960-1989)

Agius, Joseph, SN, (1966-1968)

Akin, James, PO1, (1964-1975)

Akin, William, SCPO, (1960-1980)

Albrecht, Charles, CPO, (1965-1989)

Aldern, Donald Deane, CAPT, (1952-1970)

Alfred, Donald, PO2, (1953-1984)

Allen, Duke, LCDR, (1958-1983)

Amborn, Lloyd, CAPT, (1965-1995)

Amerson, Charlie, PO1, (1945-1974)

Anderson, Charlie, PO2, (1965-1969)

Anderson, James, CPO, (1965-2001)

Anderson, James, MCPO, (1963-1993)

Anderson, Stephen, SCPO, (1963-1991)

Anderson, Thomas Patrick, LCDR, (1964-1978)

Ankrum, Glenn Eugene, CDR, (1951-1968)

Anthony, William, CPO, (1967-1987)

Antonen, James, PO2, (1967-1976)

Arens, Frederick V., FN, (1967-1968)

Armistead, Jerry, SCPO, (1956-1988)

Armstrong, Rodger, CWO4, (1956-1979)

Arnette, Luther, CPO, (1966-1991)

Arnold, Charles, FN, (1966-1969)

Arthur, Lea Lugene Frank, CPO, (1947-1970)

Arthur, Stanley R., ADM, (1957-1995)

Asmussen, William, LCDR, (1966-1988)

Auel, Carl Albert, CAPT, (1955-1980)

Austin, Marshall Dale, CPO, (1942-1975)

Baca, Joe, PO1, (1964-1976)

Bachman, John, PO2, (1966-1970)

Badget, Kenneth, LCDR, (1965-1990)

Bailey, Charles, LT, (1967-1990)

Bailey, Fred, CAPT, (1951-1987)

Bain, Marty, CPO, (1958-1979)

Baker, Gary, PO3, (1964-1968)

Bard, Alan, PO3, (1966-1969)

Barger, Edward, LCDR, (1957-1987)

Barham, Carroll, CPO, (1966-1995)

Barnett, Patrick, PO1, (1965-1971)

Barney, Dave, SCPO, (1962-1985)

Barney, Gene, MCPO, (1952-1978)

Baronich, Jr., Harold, PO3, (1966-1969)

Barros, Belmiro, PO1, (1959-1986)

Bartholomew, Marvin, SN, (1967-1970)

Bartleson, Jerry Lee, PO2, (1967-1971)

Bartlett, John, CDR, (1961-1987)

BATCHELOR, DENNIS, PO1, (1960-1979)

Battaglia, Christopher Paul, PO2, (1966-1968)

Batzler, John, RADM, (1955-1987)

Bauman, Robert G., PO2, (1966-1969)

Beach, Stanley, CAPT, (1953-1987)

Beach, Thomas, MCPO, (1965-1995)

Beamer, George P., CAPT, (1963-1993)

Beaver, Mike, CPO, (1964-1985)

Bechtel, Stephan Leroy, PO3, (1966-1968)

Beckmeyer, Fredrick Hall, PO3, (1967-1968)

Beden, W. Brent, PO3, (1966-1970)

Behnke, Michael, MCPO, (1965-1992)

Behrens, Jr., William, VADM, (1943-1973)

Belen, Jovencio Serna, CPO, (1957-1977)

Benavitz, Walter, CDR, (1961-2004)

Benedict, David, CPO, (1955-1975)

Bennett, Paul, CWO4, (1960-1994)

Bennett, Robert, CPO, (1954-1976)

Benson, Lee David, LTJG, (1965-1968)

[Name Withheld], (1967-1994)

Best, Richard, FORCM, (1964-1995)

Betancourt, Ramon J.L. (Moose), CPO, (1965-1988)

Bevins, Bart, PO2, (1961-1976)

Bishop, Larry, CPO, (1967-1989)

Black, David, PO1, (1966-1987)

Blackford, Paul, LCDR, (1965-1991)

Blais, Thomas Edward, MCPO, (1947-1974)

Bley, Bruce

Blihar, Robert, SCPO, (1960-1990)

Boles, Warren William, LTJG, (1965-1968)

Bollinger, Robert Leo, PO3, (1966-1970)

Bolton, Donald Truman, PO1, (1963-1969)

Bolton, John Mason, CDR, (1952-1975)

Bondurant, William Stewart, PO2, (1966-1970)

BONNER, MICHAEL, MCPO, (1960-1981)

Booe, Charles, CWO3, (1968-1989)

Borden, William, PO2, (1965-1969)

Borders, John William, PO2, (1956-1968)

Boren, Dennis, CPO, (1959-1992)

Borsheim, Craig, PO2, (1967-1974)

Boswell, David Henry, HN, (1966-1968)

Bouchard, Joseph Samuel, CDR, (1944-1976)

Boudreau, Robert, PO2, (1966-1969)

Bourn, Dennis, PO1, (1962-1978)

Bowers, Ronald, SCPO, (1960-1980)

Bowman, Harry Thomas, PO3, (1966-1968)

Boyce, Samuel Minor, PO3, (1966-1968)

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