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CARL RATCLIFFE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 13, 1944 – December 7, 1967
Service recordCarl Ratcliffe JR, of Pittsville, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Pittsville, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 60
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- RICHARD PLOTTSPrivate First Class · December 7, 1967
- JERI CALVIN SEEMANSergeant · December 7, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DUANE METCALFSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 59
- RICHARD PLOTTSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 60
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.