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RONALD THOMAS STETTER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 28, 1946 – April 25, 1968
Service recordRonald Thomas Stetter, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. 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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên 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
- THOMAS EDWARD TONGRETPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- RONALD JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · 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 JAMES WALBERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 12
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 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.