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RONALD PAUL WINTERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1944 – August 16, 1967
Service recordRonald Paul Winters, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 4
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1944
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 4
- ROBERT ROLAND WATROUSCorporal · August 16, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- JOSEPH BENSONSpecialist Five · August 17, 1967
- JOHN CURTIS BURDENHospitalman · August 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL KNOWLESSergeant First Class · Panel 25E, Line 2
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.