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RONALD EUGENE BEUTLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 6, 1949 – July 8, 1971
Service recordRonald Eugene Beutler, of Stayton, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 104
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Stayton, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 104
- MARION TRACY GRIFFINSpecialist Five · July 8, 1971
- SAMUEL WAYMON MCDANIEL IISpecialist Five · July 8, 1971
- WAYNE CARLYLE PISCIOTTASpecialist Four · July 8, 1971
- JOHN HENRY MORRIS JRSpecialist Four · July 9, 1971
From Stayton
- DENNIS MICHAEL GILLERANPrivate First Class · August 23, 1969
- LARRY DEAN SHELTONCorporal · October 11, 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.