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RONALD KEITH WEISTER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 17, 1947 – July 3, 1968
Service recordRonald Keith Weister, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 7
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 7
- PHILIP LEONARD WHITNEYSergeant · July 3, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL BOSWORTH JRFirst Lieutenant · July 4, 1968
- BRADLEY D BOWERSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- BRUCE ANDERSON MURRAYPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD ANDREWSPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 40
- JIMMIE HANKERSONPrivate · Panel 54W, Line 40
- LAWRENCE NELSON CONEYSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 41
- DILLARD RAY LAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 2
- CHARLES ANTHONY MARIASergeant · Panel 53W, Line 3
- MELVIN JOHN SCHEUBLECorporal · Panel 53W, Line 5
- HAROLD RAY SILVEYSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 5
- CLARENCE WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 6
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.