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RONALD M CANTER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 28, 1937 – December 8, 1965
Service recordRonald M Canter, of Houston, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 8, 1965, in Thailand, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 28, 1937
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 1
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- ROBERT KNAPP COLLINSCorporal · December 8, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS CORLECorporal · December 8, 1965
- ARTHUR EDWARD HICKMANSergeant First Class · December 8, 1965
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.