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RONALD JAMES WALBER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1948 – April 25, 1968
Service recordRonald James Walber, of Nevada City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Nevada City, California (Nevada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 12
- RONALD THOMAS STETTERSecond Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD TONGRETPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- RONALD NELSON WANBAUGHCorporal · April 25, 1968
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT BURCIAGASpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 3
- ARTURO OLIVARES-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 3
- PATRICK JOHN GRAHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 5
- DENNIS WAYNE HOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 6
- HENRY THURMAN MCCRIMMONSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 8
- BRUCE PAUL NETTESHEIMSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 9
- ANIBAL ORTIZ-RIVERA JRCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 10
- RONALD THOMAS STETTERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 12
From Nevada City
- EDWARD ALLAN JOSEPH OWNBYPetty Officer Second Class · June 9, 1965
- PHILIP ALON TRITSCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS GOELLERSpecialist Four · June 1, 1969
- JAMES FREDERICK DEEBLEFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 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.