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BOBBIE JOE RATLIFF
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1946 – June 19, 1967
Service recordBobbie Joe Ratliff, of Gary, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Gary, West Virginia (Mcdowell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 17
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- BOBBY WAYNE PRICEPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON RAINEPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- GEORGE RANDOLPHStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
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.