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RONALD ALAN WOLTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 17, 1947 – October 31, 1968
Service recordRonald Alan Wolter, of Carpentersville, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 70
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Carpentersville, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 70
- WILLIAM KAPENA ALAMEDACorporal · November 1, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER ALONGI JRSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- THOMAS WYLIE BAYONETSergeant · November 1, 1968
- EDWIN ELLIS BLAGDONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE GILBERT BOURNESpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 62
- JAMES MELVIN GHEERSpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 64
- CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 65
- TOMAS REYES MESASpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 66
- MILTON DALE PATEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 66
From Carpentersville
- EDWARD CHARLES BECKSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- KEITH JOHN ANDRESSpecialist Four · November 2, 1967
- STEPHEN PHILIP MITCHELLSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- ANDREW MORLEY BORDESSpecialist Five · August 1, 1971
- TOMMY MIKE MCCLEERSergeant First Class · August 1, 1971
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.