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RONALD JAY PETERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1950 – April 18, 1971
Service recordRonald Jay Peters, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1971, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 132
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 132
- RICHARD GEORGE TOLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1971
- ROGER NELVIN CARPENTERPetty Officer Third Class · April 18, 1971
- JOSEPH LEE COXSergeant First Class · April 18, 1971
- RAYMOND EDWARD HAUSERPrivate First Class · April 18, 1971
From Bethlehem
- ROBERT STEPHEN RUCHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- EDWARD K MARSHFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B W DETRIXHECaptain · February 24, 1966
- FRANKLIN FLOYD WEAVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- JOSEPH PATTON FRYLance Corporal · November 17, 1966
- ANTHONY FRANCIS KORPICSCaptain · November 20, 1966
- JEROME VINCENT ZERFASSPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM HORVATHLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
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.