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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ted Peter Neura JR.

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TED PETER NEURA JR

Captain · U.S. Air Force

May 1, 1932 – December 12, 1963

Service record

Ted Peter Neura JR, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 12, 1963, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 1E · Line 37

Position of Panel 1E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Regular
Born
May 1, 1932
Home of record
Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)

Casualty

Date of death
December 12, 1963
Age
31
Province
Darlac
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1963; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In December 1963, 23 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 1E, Line 37

From Hialeah

All 29 names from Hialeah →

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.