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RONALD WADE NUTE
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
December 2, 1952 – December 20, 1971
Service recordRonald Wade Nute, of Byfield, Massachusetts, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 20, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 90
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 2, 1952
- Home of record
- Byfield, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 90
- LEO TARLTON THOMAS JRCaptain · December 19, 1971
- LUTHER BARNEYSpecialist Five · December 21, 1971
- DONALD HOWARD POWERSSpecialist Four · December 21, 1971
- HENRY ELMER EVANSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1971
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.