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CLAIR F RITCHEY JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 17, 1947 – May 22, 1968
Service recordClair F Ritchey JR, of Everett, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 2
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Artillery Mechanic (45F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Everett, Pennsylvania (Bedford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 2
- LARRY JUNIOR SAMPLESCorporal · May 22, 1968
- ANGEL LUIS SANCHEZPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- SAMMY LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES SHEMORYLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH VERBERT CZAJKOWSKICorporal · Panel 65E, Line 7
- PHILIP SMITH JRSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 3
From Everett
- JOSEPH MILLARD STINEColonel · September 27, 1966
- HARRY SHERMAN STAYERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- CHARLES OWEN SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
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.