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RONALD C WALTERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 7, 1949 – December 16, 1970
Service recordRonald C Walters, of Union, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 125
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Union, New Jersey (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 125
- STARR FREDERICK FRYESpecialist Five · December 16, 1970
- DAVID LEE GILMORSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- VAL CLARK ROBINSONSergeant · December 16, 1970
- JOHN OWEN WARRENSergeant First Class · December 16, 1970
From Union
- CLIFFORD S HEATHCOTE JRCaptain · September 3, 1966
- EDWARD BRUCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES DALEYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- JEFFREY WAYNE KOONCESergeant · November 19, 1967
- FREDDIE WHITAKERStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- EDWARD WESLEY PAWLOWSKILieutenant (junior grade) · March 23, 1969
- JOHN PATRICK BRENNANCaptain · October 9, 1969
- WAYNE LOUIS TORSIELLOSergeant · May 4, 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.